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
experience working for consultants firms, the last twelve years as an independent
consultant.
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 manages construction projects both large and small, with
experience
in healthcare, data centres, residential, institutional, industrial,
fitting out, and commercial sectors executed across three continents.
A pioneer, he has developed creative and innovative
solutions for complex
sustainable engineering projects, helping business and organisations achieve their objectives.
Areas of specialist expertise include:
- Green Building
- BEAM Professional (2010)
- 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 across Asia, topics include sustainable
building development, energy efficiency, low carbon production, and green building.
John's 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 - Master of ceremony for HAESCO's inauguration ceremony at excelsior Hotel, Hong Kong
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 (2009-2010) 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
Founding member of BEAM faculty (2010)
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 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 - Green building - Voice of America (VOA) Radio Interview2010 - Green Industry and Factories Interview (rightsite)
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 - Renewable Biofuels, BBC Radio Interview
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
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 and a one of the first BEAM Professionals 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) the BEAM faculty, and the Hong Kong Building Energy Code.
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