Darren Burrows, Sustainable Buildings and Low Carbon
expertDarren is a Chartered mechanical engineer with key
area of interest in the application of sustainability and low
energy principles. He is the main point of contact for all BREEAM,
EcoHomes and Code for Sustainable Homes assessments, and the new
Defence Estates DREAM system and leads a team of sustainability
assessors within Mott MacDonald , giving strategic capability
across the UK.
Darren was recently involved in the Home Office Consolidation
Project in Sheffield, with responsibility for M&E and
Sustainability issues. This work will result in not only the first
BREEAM Excellent office in South Yorkshire, but one of the highest
scores ever achieved.
Darren views the key to a successful environmentally-sound building
being early involvement and has experience of early stage design
team mobilisation in preparing for and achieving high BREEAM
ratings. Darren is also experienced in the use of advanced building
modelling techniques including IES, SBEM and CFD, for the design
and assessment of buildings, and uses the BRE ENVEST system to
assess the whole life impact of constructions. He is on the
Register of Low Carbon Consultants, following examination in 2006.
