Dr Ausilio Bauen is a director of E4tech. He has extensive research and consulting experience on technical, economic, environmental and policy issues relating to decentralised generation and alternative fuel production and infrastructure. His focus is on biomass energy, fuel cells and related fuels for stationary and transport applications, and decentralised generation integration into energy systems. Ausilio has worked with industry, government, non-government and international organisations. He has co-authored journal articles and books, including two Financial Times Energy reports. Ausilio holds degrees in Physics and Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, in Environmental Technology with Energy Policy from Imperial College, and has a PhD on techno-economic and environmental aspects of biomass energy from King's College London. He is a Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London’s Centre for Energy Policy and Technology. Ausilio has also worked in Switzerland and Brazil and speaks English, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.

Expertise
New and renewable energy technologies and systems, fuel cycle analysis, environmental impacts and external costs, energy and environmental policy, and sustainable development.

Adam Chase is based in our London office and leads our work on energy policy, strategy and finance. He has degrees in Economics, Engineering, Energy & Environmental Technology. Adam has been a Director of E4tech since joining in 2000 and he has played a role in most of the projects which E4tech has undertaken through its London office. His project work often relates to corporate or national strategy and involves an understanding of how energy systems operate, rather than technologies in isolation. Adam’s particular interest is low carbon innovation in the energy and automotive sectors. He also has operational responsibility for the London office.

Adam was previously a manager with the global management consulting firm A.T.Kearney, where he took part in and led teams engaged in a wide range of strategic and operational projects across the international energy and chemicals sectors. Prior to this, Adam worked for seven years in the upstream and downstream oil and gas industry and also spent time as a journalist with the Financial Times organisation, focusing on energy, environment and automotive issues. He speaks English and French.

Expertise
Strategy and operations consulting, project management, market assessment, business growth, oil and gas industry, automotive industry, energy technology, hydrogen energy systems.

Flavio Foradini is a director of E4tech. He specialises in building physics, sustainable buildings design and related software development from our Lausanne office. He leads our work on sustainable buildings and software development. He also has expertise in renewable energy projects and planning. Flavio has worked on these issues with industry, government and academic institutions. He has participated in a variety of Swiss and European research and development projects such as IAQ Audit and Airless, Hope, Euro Islas and Green Hotel. He is a member of the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA) and sits on the panel of SIA commission 2031 ("The building energy certificate"). Flavio has authored many journal and conference papers, and has participated as an expert evaluator for DG TREN for EU Framework Projects. He speaks French, English, Italian, German and Spanish.

Expertise
Building physics and Sustainable Buildings design, in particular indoor air quality, ventilation and thermal analysis. Related software applications. Renewable energy systems.

Dr David Hart  has consulted and carried out research on fuel cell and hydrogen issues for a wide range of organisations worldwide, including national governments, major industrial companies, financial organisations and NGOs. In addition to his work as a Director of E4tech, he is also Head of Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Research at Imperial College London's Centre for Energy Policy and Technology (ICEPT), and sits on the Steering Committee of the Grove Fuel Cell Symposium, one of the leading global fora for fuel cell experts.

David is recognised as one of the leading experts in hydrogen energy technology and infrastructure, and the associated policy and environmental issues; and in fuel cells used for transport, portable and stationary decentralised power generation. He has led over a dozen fuel cell and hydrogen assessments for due diligence work, in addition to strategic analyses and a wide variety of reports and papers, and has been an invited keynote speaker on fuel cell and hydrogen issues on five continents. David holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering with German from the University of Bath and in Environmental Technology from Imperial College, and his PhD at Imperial College was in Hydrogen Energy Systems. He has worked in Germany and Japan as a control systems engineer, and speaks English, German, Japanese and French.

Expertise
Strategic, technical, economic, environmental, market and policy analysis of fuel cell and hydrogen energy systems.

Edouard Westphal Is an electrical engineer and IT expert. He is specialised in the development of software and internet applications. In particular he has extensive experience of programming languages such as Delphi, C++, Java, Cold Fusion, ASP, ActiveX, Corba and SQL. Edouard speaks French and English.

Jo Howes is a Managing Consultant with E4tech and brings a background in materials science and hydrogen energy research. She has previously worked with the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), writing their briefing note 'Prospects for a hydrogen economy'. Jo holds degrees in Materials Science and Metallurgy from the University of Cambridge and in Environmental Technology with Energy Policy from Imperial College. She has also studied at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and at the University of Cape Town and has worked in Thailand. She speaks English and French.

Expertise
Analysis of energy systems, including hydrogen with renewable energy, biofuels, and scenario analysis. Innovation systems in low carbon technologies. Novel technologies in renewables, biofuels and hydrogen production. Biomass and transport fuels policy. Materials for energy technologies.

Claire Chudziak is a Consultant based in E4tech's London office and has a background in energy and climate policy. She has previously worked in the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where she worked on policy and communications relating to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. Claire has worked in the waste management sector at Mouchel Parkman, preparing Environmental Impact Assessments and scoping documents and also undertook an internship in the Sustainable Business Solutions team at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Claire holds a BA in Zoology from Cambridge (specialising in molecular and developmental biology) and an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College (specialising in Energy Policy).

Expertise
Sustainable energy and climate policy, biological sciences and scientific research.

Philip Watson  is a Senior Consultant based in E4tech's London office.  He has worked on a range of projects at E4tech, including market sizing in the hydrogen and fuel cell sectors, market due diligence and development of methods for assessing the carbon intensity of products.  Philip has led E4tech’s work for the UK’s Department for Transport to develop a method for assessing the carbon intensity of biofuels within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation – an approach which has received international recognition.  He has a strong technical knowledge of energy use with a degree in Energy Management from the University of Otago in New Zealand. Philip has focused on applying this technical knowledge in transport and energy efficiency policy development - particularly in the area of greenhouse gas abatement policy. Prior to joining E4tech he worked with the Royal Society in London on alternative transport fuels, and the OECD in Paris reviewing transport CO2 abatement policies in a range of countries. For several years after his studies Philip worked with the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority in New Zealand.

Expertise
Transport sector greenhouse gas abatement policy, sustainable energy and climate change policy, alternative transport fuels and technical analysis.

Dr François Vuille is a Managing Consultant, having joined E4tech after five years spent in a consulting company specialised in innovative transport systems. Francois has worked with industry, government, non-government and international organisations (UN, European Commission, European Space Agency). He is experienced in the techno-economical assessment of large-scale projects, in particular in the domain of innovative transport systems. He has also know-how in the field of risk assessment of complex systems and is expert in the field of safety and reliability for the Swiss Federal Office of Transport. He holds degrees in Physics (1995) and in Energy Engineering (2002) from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, as well as a PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Cape Town (1998). Francois is lecturing at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in the fields of Energy (wood-energy systems and electro-magnetic energy) and Risk Analysis & Management. He speaks French, English and German, as well as some Spanish and Swiss German.

Expertise
project and technology appraisal, system optimisation (availability, safety), risk analysis & management, environmental analysis (life cycle assessment, environmental impact), economical analysis (profitability study, financial planning, market assessment).

Robert Ball is a Consultant with E4tech, based in the London office. Robert has an MSc in Energy and a BEng in Mechanical Engineering with Energy Resource Engineering from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.  His studies covered a wide range of renewable energy topics and his MSc dissertation focused on the role heat pumps could play in meeting the UK’s domestic heating demand.  Robert’s BEng Honours project involved the design, manufacture and testing of low-cost thermal diode roofing insulation for use in dwellings in hot climates. He speaks English and French. 

Expertise
Renewable Energy Technology, Energy in Buildings and related Software Development.

Michael Löhr is a Senior Consultant, based in our Lausanne office. Michael specializes in hydrogen and fuel cells, and brings extensive fuel cell project experience to E4tech. In 2000, after graduating from the University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg, Germany, with a degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on product development and materials science, Michael worked for the Munich-based consultancy Ludwig-Bölkow Systemtechnik GmbH (LBST) in the field of high volume manufacturing of PEM fuel cell systems. In 2001 he joined Ballard AG in Kirchheim/Teck, Germany, to work as a test engineer in the product development department, improving cold and freeze start strategies of PEM fuel cells for mobile applications. From 2003-2007, Michael worked as Senior Development Engineer in the R&D department for Ballard Power Systems Inc. in Vancouver, Canada, where, as project manager and team leader, he developed advanced diagnostic tools and methodologies for analyzing fuel cell performance, and later managed the durability testing program for Ballard's automotive fuel cell division. Michael is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institute, and he speaks English and German.

Expertise
Hydrogen and fuel cell technology analysis, technology management, product development support and project management.

Dr Meinrad Buerer is a Senior Consultant, having joined E4tech after four years spent at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL). He holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Energy Economics and Management, and his PhD was on optimisation and project-based analysis of integrated energy systems for sustainable urban areas. He is experienced in the analysis of CO2 emissions reduction measures, and the investigation of the business implications of technological innovation, environmental regulation and market mechanisms. Before joining EPFL, he worked for an engineering consulting company in the field of building energy systems. He speaks French and English.

Expertise:
Modelling and optimisation of energy systems; project-based technical, economic, environmental and policy analysis of energy systems; integrated energy systems; distributed generation; CO2 emissions mitigation measures and policies; Clean Development Mechanism.

Richard Taylor is a Consultant based in E4tech's London office. He has previously worked for REpower UK, monitoring wind turbine operations, and he also undertook an internship at the investment bank Rothschild. Richard holds an MMathPhys from Warwick University (specialising in applied Mathematics and theoretical Physics) and an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College (specialising in Energy Policy).

Expertise
Electricity networks, renewable energy integration, reliability modelling.

Fabio Montemurrois a Consultant based in the London Office. Prior to joining E4tech he worked at EADS Astrium Satellite in Germany as a system engineer and simulator developer for scientific space missions. Fabio holds degrees in Aerospace Engineering (University of Pisa) and Industrial Engineering (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies). He also obtained an MSc in Sustainable Energy Futures (Imperial College) with a project on the impact of the electric vehicles on the UK electric system. Other recent project experience includes analysis of PV systems for investors. Fabio speaks Italian, English, German and French.

Expertise
System engineering; control engineering; modelling and optimization; electric vehicles; demand side management; integration of renewable power sources; investments in large-scale PV plants.

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