Annual M&V Conference 2024
MAVCON will take place on 23 October - Birmingham, UK
Join leading M&V experts and the industry’s biggest players in the eighth annual conference in the series, and the first since 2020 to be conducted ‘face to face’. We’ll be meeting in Birmingham city centre a few minutes’ walk from New Street station.
M&V Conference Agenda 2024
Morning Session
09:00 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – Welcome from Chair: Alex Rathmell
10:10 – Keynote Speaker: Rachel Toresen-Owuor
10:30 – Measurement & Verification at Scale – lessons from applying good M&V practice to estate-wide energy efficiency projects: Ian Beynon and Nick Keegan
11:00 – Break
11:20 – Data Insights from Corporate Estates – how Lloyds Bank has sought to enhance collection and analysis of the data from their Building Management Systems: Daniel Coakley and Gillian Brown
11:50 – Introducing the new application guide on M&V and flexibility trading – using IPMVP principles, how the guide will enable flexibility to become mainstream and integral to energy audits and performance contracts: Rajvant Nijjhar
12:20 – Lunch
Afternoon Session
13:20 – Delivering ISO 50001 & Behaviour Change – Objectives and Implementation for a Local Authority. David Proctor, Connie Heathfield and Jes Rutter
13:50 – Breakout session: measuring staff engagement. Vilnis Vesma
14:20 – Break
14:40 – Breakout session: group feedback
15:00 – Decarbonising the Public Sector – Capturing Lessons Learned for Measurement & Verification. Matt Caville
15:30 – IPMVP – An update on changes to the latest protocol and EVO’s M&V Certification Programmes. Hilary Wood
16:00 – Close
Meet Our Speakers
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Hilary Wood
Director - EEVS
As one of the first cohort of professionals in the UK to qualify as Certified Measurement & Verification (CMVP) Professional in 2009, and subsequently as a Performance Measurement & Verification Expert (PMVE) in 2022, Hilary is an expert in the field of Measurement & Verification; writing the MVA Manual for UK Government’s Electricity Demand Reduction Pilot, developing technical schedules for Scottish Government’s Non-Domestic Energy Efficiency framework and providing training for clients across all sectors, including courses leading to professional qualifications in M&V.
Her experience in delivering independent M&V assurance services spans the major UK Energy Performance Contracting frameworks RE:FIT, CEF, NDEE and Essentia as well as bespoke projects for public and private sector clients.
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Nick Keegan
Director - EEVS
An expert in building energy efficiency and energy performance contracting, Nick’s focusses on working with procuring authorities, funders, and energy service companies to develop, operate and verify robust measurement and verification processes and contractual terms to govern the performance guarantees within EPCs. He directs independent verification services for estate-wide energy optimisation schemes and delivers independent Measurement & Verification (M&V) planning and reporting for NHS and Local Authority carbon saving projects. He led UK input into two European Commission funded market research and development projects – Transparense & QualitEE – that aimed to increase trust in energy efficiency services through standards and quality assurance. A Performance Measurement & Verification Expert (PMVE), Certified Measurement & Verification Professional (CMVP), and Certified Energy Manager (CEMI), Nick has worked on commercial energy saving projects since 2007.
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Alex Rathmell
Net Zero Programme Lead – Greater South East Net Zero Hub
Alex is a sustainable energy consultant, entrepreneur and engineer, specialising in business model innovation to drive low carbon investment.
He has led a number of consultancy teams, advising corporate and public sector clients on energy strategies and developing innovative business models that make sense of energy efficiency. Now at the Greater South Est Net Zero Hub, he leads the multi-disciplinary expert team who identify, prioritise and develop Local Net Zero projects across the South East of England by supporting local authorities and the wider public sector across half the region.
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Rachel Toresen-Owuor
Senior Director, Climate – Local Partnerships
As Senior Director, Rachel is responsible for work within Local Partnership’s Climate business unit, delivering a wide range of services from carbon accounting to adaptation for climate change. Rachel led the development and procurement of the latest Re:fit framework. Rachel has delivered significant developments to the Greenhouse Gas Accounting Tool through her extensive engagement work with local authorities in England and Wales. Rachel led the development of the Climate Adaptation Toolkit, and the development of the support to local authorities and Welsh Government. Rachel holds an MSc in Climate Change and Sustainable Development and has nine years Local Authority experience, where she led on sustainability, carbon and energy management, utilities procurement and climate and energy strategy development as well as embedding carbon reporting and monitoring into wider organisational processes.
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Ian Beynon
Head of Energy - Royal Mail Group
Ian is a Fellow of the Energy Institute as well as a Chartered Energy Manager, ESOS Lead Assessor and ISO 50001 Lead Auditor amongst other credentials. He has over 13 years professional experience as a senior manager in the energy and carbon management industry. His experience comes both from within consulting and FM support services environment as well as Head of Energy for Royal Mail Group. He has been instrumental in enabling the optimisation of energy usage and sustainable solutions across their estate to make a substantial contribution to reducing environmental impact.
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Matt Caville
Senior Advisor – Decarbonisation of Complex Sites - ES Catapult
Matt is a Senior Advisor working in the Sites team at Energy Systems Catapult. Matt has over a decade of experience in decarbonising complex sites, specialising in public sector and industrial estates. Prior to joining the Catapult, Matt worked for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero where he helped set up flagship government public sector decarbonisation grant funding schemes.
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Gillian Brown
Senior Manager Sustainable Design - Lloyds Banking Group
Gillian is an accomplished energy manager with over 14 years of experience in public sector energy management. Prior to starting her current role at Lloyds Banking Group, she worked at the Office of Government Property and prior to that as the Energy Manager at University of Glasgow where she was responsible and accountable for the optimisation of energy sources and active management of the energy consumption within the context of the University’s Energy Strategy. Her role covered all areas of energy management; from legislative compliance to project works and the management of building energy consumption across a technical and varied portfolio. Gillian is also an established member of the academic community. Her current area of research is into the development of positive energy building groups of mixed age construction.
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Daniel Coakley
Sustainability Manager - Lloyds Banking Group
Daniel is a chartered research engineer specialising in sustainability and energy efficiency in the built environment. He has extensive knowledge of civil, mechanical and energy systems engineering, as well as broad experience in international business, management and strategy, and is passionate about research and data analytics. His experience also includes patented technology development and dissemination.
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Rajvant Nijjhar
Principal - IVEES
Rajvant has over 20 years of experience in the water, construction, and energy and sustainability industries. Currently, she is the project lead for an Innovate UK Industrial Research project to develop an end to end trading solution in London’s South Bank called BankEnergi III, as well as the commercial lead on the GreenScies project, looking at the various commercial model available for energy and flexibility trading. She also operates the independent measurement and verification of energy efficiency savings company, ivees where she is involved in the delivery of M&V services for energy performance contracts. She is an EVO certified trainer in M&V, having trained over 800 individuals globally and remains involved as the BSI expert in developing International (ISO) standards in the areas of energy management systems.
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Jes Rutter
Managing Director - JRP Solutions
Jes has over 37 years’ experience working with organisations across all sectors to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, particularly within industrial process environments. Jes is recognised as a leading expert in improving the effectiveness of energy use and energy and facilities contract management. He was invited to contribute to the Government’s development of energy efficiency policy for business and has given many presentations for relevant Government Departments and others on the topic of ESOS, energy management and behavioural change.
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David Proctor
Senior Consultant – JRP Solutions
Dave’s experience in energy management has extended across manufacturing and commercial sites in Europe and Asia, including identifying, developing and implementing energy efficiency, onsite generation and energy and utility procurement projects. Dave has set up and managed compliance processes for installations covered by Climate Change Agreements, CHPQA, UK ETS and ESOS. Dave was an active member of the Chemical Industries Association Energy and Climate Change network and the Climate Change Commission for Wales, where he represented CBI members, working closely with Wales and UK Governments and NGOs.
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Connie Heathfield
Sustainability Consultant – JRP Solutions
Connie is a Sustainability Consultant at JRP Solutions and has an academic background in Global Sustainability Solutions and Psychology. Whilst studying, Connie held various roles in not-for-profit and charitable organisations including the National Citizen Service, The Centre for Autism and WWF, and in these roles, she supported the development of environmental action campaigns. Connie’s experience with psychology and environmental science has given her an enthusiasm for working to bridge the gap between people and technology when it comes to environmental solutions.
FAQs
Can I get continuing professional development (CPD) credit for attending?
Your attendance at the conference will count as six hours of CPD contact time for the purposes of renewals for the professional M&V (IPMVP-PMVA, IPMVP-PMVE or CMVP) and CEM qualifications.
Can I purchase group tickets?
Yes, we welcome groups. Please email Hilary.
Will lunch be provided?
Yes, as part of your ticket price lunch is included along with tea and coffee throughout the day. Vegetarian options will be available, for any dietary requirements you’d like us to know about specifically, please email Hilary.
Where is the conference located?
Join us at The Studio, 7 Cannon Street, Birmingham B2 5EP.
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What’s the transport like and is there parking?
Rail stations Birmingham New Street, Snow Hill and Moor Street are within walking distance, New Street Station is only a two minute walk away.
Car parking can be found at Birmingham Snow Hill Station Car Park (B2 2BJ) and Birmingham New Street Station Car Park (B2 4ND).
For EV Charging, Zap Maps may be helpful. Use The Studio’s postcode of B2 5EP.
Where can I book my tickets to attend?
You can reserve your space via our booking link here.
Get in touch
Any questions about this year’s M&V Conference? Reach out to Hilary.
Hilary Wood
Director
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