Principal - Mr John A. Herbert
(click here for brief biography)
Mr
John A. Herbert is the principal and founder of Kelcroft
E&M Limited - a built environment
consultancy headquartered
in Hong Kong SAR.
He has more than twenty five years
international construction industry
consulting experience, the last twelve years as an independent
consultant.
Educated in the United Kingdom,
and a Hong Kong permanent
resident he has a passion for engineering, and problem solving. His
dedication, professionalism, and thoroughness is evidenced with an
unrivaled litigation free track record.
He manages construction projects both large and small, with
experience
in health care, data centres, residential, institutional, industrial,
fitting out, and commercial sectors executed across three continents.
A pioneer, he develops creative and innovative
solutions for complex
sustainable engineering helping organisations achieve objectives.
Areas of specialist expertise include:
- Green built environment
- Energy usage, modelling and energy efficiency
- Building energy efficiency
- Mission critical environments including data centres
- Legionnaires disease risk prevention
- Renewable energy
- Law of contract
- Computational Flow Dynamics (CFD)
Speaking Engagements
John Herbert is often invited to
present at international
conferences, in the last year he has been invited to speak at
conferences and
seminars in the middle East, across Asia, topics include sustainable
development, building
energy efficiency and green building.
John's past speaking engagements include:
Dec 2009 - Speaker and expert panelist at the Energy Seminar held at the Inno Design Technology conference (04.12.2009).
July 2009 - Expert green building panel at the GreenBuilding Asia 2009 conference. (www.greenbuildingasia.com).
June 2009 - John was keynote speaker at opening of Energy Services Business Forum in Hong Kong co-organized by HAESCO (2 June 2009).
September 2008
- John presented at the first HAESCO event in Hong Kong. The topic of
his speech was building energy efficiency.
Oct 2008 - John presented at the EcoAsiaExpo environmental showcase in Hong Kong. The topic of his speech on the public day of the expo was "Energy Efficiency As A Global Concern"
Sept 2008 - John
conducted two private briefings for HKTDC
committees
June 2008 - John presented at Climate Change Conference (above photograph) in Hong Kong.
April 2008 - John presented at global warming seminar in University of Hong Kong.
January 2008 - MC for HAESCO's inauguration ceremony
June 2007 - John chaired and moderated the Insights from Overseas Initiatives expert panel at the Green Collar energy efficiency conference.
August 2007- John was an expert panelist at the Managing Data Centres Conference
May 2006 - John was an expert energy at the Building Services Professional Energy efficiency seminar held in the Marriott Hotel in Hong Kong.
Current Posts
Chairperson and member of Executive committee of Hong Kong
Sustainable Development Forum
(HKSDF)
http://www.hksdf.org.hk
Vice Chairman (2009) and Founding Director
of Hong Kong
Association of Energy Services
Companies (HAESCO) http://www.haesco.hk
Founding Director of EnergyLAB limited (http://www.energylab.hk) an energy consultant providing carbon management services based in Hong Kong.
Director elect, and Executive Committee Member of the BEAM Hong Kong Hong Kong's Green Building rating system www.hk-beam.org.hk
Member of Hong Kong Green Building Council founding Committee
Member of Advisory board for China Power, Oil and Gas (CPOG) Conference (2007 and 2008) organised by Penwell Corporation.
Member of the IPPF (Independent Power Producers Forum). Advisory Council.
Member of Judging panel for International Urban Planning and Design Competition held in November 2007http://www.designinghongkong.com/
Memberships
Member of Hong Kong Association of Energy Engineers www.hkaee.orgMember of Association of Energy Engineers (USA) www.aeecenter.org
Member of The Uptime Institute www.uptimeinstitute.org
Member of Energy Evaluation Organisation (IPMVP)
Member of US Green Building Council http://www.usgbc.org
Member of Hong Kong BEAM http://www.hk-beam.org.hk
Member of South China Climate Change Network
Member of GHG Network
John Herbert's Blog
http://www.johnherbert.hkRSS feed http://www.johnherbert.hk/feed
Journal, Articles, and Interviews
2010 - Sustainable building Hong Kong, NPR (USA) TV research interview2009 - Hong Kong Restaurant Licensing 08/2009 in AMCHAM Magazine
2009 - Technical Due Diligence in BRITCHAM China Magazine
2009 - Green Building 29 May 2009 in South China Morning Post
2009 - Legionella Prevention Interview in South China Morning Post
2008 - Renewable Biofuels, BBC Radio Interview
2008 - Energy Auditing, USA Three Degrees Magazine
2007 - Sustainable Building, Australia "In the Black" Magazine
2006 - Green Reit article, South China Morning Post
Experience Record
| year | firm | position |
| 1999-current |
Kelcroft
E&M Limited Built environment consultant | Founder and CEO |
| 1994-1999 | M&E Consulting Engineers | Founder & Technical Director |
| 1993-1994 | R. W. Gregory (Far
East) Consulting Engineers | Senior Project Engineer |
| 1989-1993 | R. W. Gregory
& Partners (UK) Consulting Engineers | Project Engineer |
| 1986-1989 | Mid Glamorgan County
Council Land and Buildings Dept. | Engineer |
| 1985-1986 | McCann &
Partners Consulting Engineers | Junior Engineer |
| 1980-1985 | McCann &
Partners Consulting Engineers | Trainee |
Brief Biography
Mr John A. Herbert is an authority on sustainable energy efficiency engineering and is a frequent speaker at major international conferences for green building and energy efficiency. And he is frequently quoted in regional media for his key insights on the positioning of the Asian energy sector.
He is the founder and Managing Director of a sustainable built environment consultancy practice called Kelcroft E&M Limited based in Hong Kong.
Mr Herbert is also a founding director of Hong Kong Association of Energy Services Companies, (HAESCO) and currently holds the post of vice chairman.
He also sits on a number of industry related committees including BEAM (Hong Kong Green Building rating system) and the Hong Kong Building Energy Code.
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