Principal - Mr John A. Herbert
(click here for brief biography)
Mr
John A. Herbert is the principal and founder of Kelcroft, a firm
providing built environment consultancy services for Asia headquartered
in Hong Kong SAR.
He has more than twenty five years
international construction industry
experience, working for consulting firms, the last twelve
years independently.
Educated in the United Kingdom,
John is a Hong Kong permanent
resident with a passion for engineering, and sustainable problem
solving. His
dedication, professionalism, and thoroughness is evidenced with an
unrivaled litigation free track record.
He runs projects both large and small, with experience in healthcare, data centres, residential, institutional, industrial, fitting out, and commercial sectors across three continents.
One of the first to be awarded the BEAM Professional (BEAM PRO) designation in Hong Kong John is also a BEAM Professional (BEAM PRO) course trainer for Water Aspects.
A
pioneer, having created innovative
solutions for complex
engineering projects, helping business and
organisations achieve their objectives.
Areas of specialist expertise include:
- Green Building
- BEAM Professional
- BEAM Professional Trainer (2010)
- Built Environment
- Energy usage, modelling and energy efficiency
- Building energy efficiency
- Mission critical environments & data centres
- Legionnaires disease risk prevention
- Sustainable business strategy
- 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 across Asia, topics include Infrastructure Project
Management, Sustainable
building development, energy efficiency, low carbon
production, and green building.
John's past speaking engagements include:
Jan 2012 - Preventing Legionella in Buildings seminar attended by facilities managers from public and private sectors on 13 Jan. 2012.
Nov 2011 - InnoAsia 2011 Conference, John was a panel member on the Tech Forum 3: Energy Efficiency Panel "How much can be saved" held at the Hotel Icon on 16 Nov 2011 (refer photograph below).
Oct 2011 - Eco Expo Asia 2011 John was a speaker for the Green Building Forum conference - his topic Planning Green Building on 28 Oct. 2011 (see photo below)
Dec 2009 - Speaker and expert panelist at the Energy Seminar held at the Inno Design Technology conference on 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 Energy Services Business Forum in Hong Kong co-organized by HAESCO on 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 Herbert presented at Climate Change Conference (above photograph) in Hong Kong.
April 2008 - John Herbert presented at global warming seminar in University of Hong Kong.
January 2008 - John Herbert was the Master of ceremony for HAESCO's inauguration ceremony at the Excelsior Hotel, Hong Kong
June 2007 - John Herbert chaired and moderated the Insights from Overseas Initiatives expert panel at the BEC Green Collar energy efficiency conference.
April 2007 - John Herbert organized the ICE STORAGE and Energy Savings seminar with BEC, demonstrating that shifting the air conditioning energy load to Off-peak hours reduces operating costs.
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 Positions
Chairperson and member of Executive committee of Hong Kong
Sustainable Development Forum
(HKSDF)
http://www.hksdf.org.hk
Founding Director and Vice Chairman (2009-2010)
of Hong Kong
Association of Energy Services
Companies (HAESCO) http://www.haesco.hk
Founding Director and Manager of EnergyLAB limited (http://www.energylab.hk) an energy consultant practice providing energy conservation and carbon management services based in Hong Kong.
Founding Director, and Executive Committee Member of the BEAM Society Hong Kong, Hong Kong's Green Building rating system www.hk-beam.org.hk
Founding member of BEAM Faculty (2010) and Chairman of the BEAM Faculty Innovation and Framework committee
Member of BEAM TRP (Technical Review Panel) 2010
Member of BEAM Technical Committee 2010
Member of Hong Kong Green Building Council Founding Committee (2009)
Member of Advisory board for China Power, Oil and Gas (CPOG) Conference (2007 and 2008) organized 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/
Professional Memberships
Member of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers www.ashrae.org
Member of Hong Kong Association of Energy Engineers www.hkaee.org
Member of Association of Energy Engineers (USA) www.aeecenter.org
Past Member of The Uptime Institute www.uptimeinstitute.org
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
In the Media:- 2011 - SCMP interview regarding Legionella outbreak at Hong Kong Government building Tamar published 4 January 2012
- 2010 - Green building - Radio Interview broadcast on US Voice of America (VOA)
- 2010 - Green Industry and Factories Interview (www.rightsite.com) Greening facilities China
- 2010 - Sustainable is a Critical Issue, Hong Kong SCMP interview published 8 March 2010
- 2010 - Sustainable Building Hong Kong, NPR (USA) TV research interview
- 2009 - Hong Kong Restaurant Licensing 08/2009 in AMCHAM Magazine
- 2009 - Technical Due Diligence article published in BRITCHAM China Magazine
- 2009 - Green Building published in South China Morning Post 29 May 2009
- 2009 - Legionella Prevention interview published in South China Morning Post
- 2008 - BBC Radio Interview Renewable Biofuel
- 2008 - Energy Auditing, Three Degrees Magazine, USA
- 2007 - Sustainable Building, published by "In the Black" Magazine, Australia
- 2006 - Green Future (green REIT article) published in South China Morning Post
CPD
Learning is a life long experience, recent courses taught:- Energy Management System BS EN 16001 and ISO 50001
- Prevention of Legionella in buildings
Experience Record
| year | firm | position |
| 1999-current | Kelcroft
E&M Limited
Built environment consultant |
Founder and CEO |
| 1994-1999 | M&E Consulting Engineers Hong Kong | 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 Engineer |
Brief Biography
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