DIRECTORS
Syed established Energy for London, an independent think tank supporting London’s progress to becoming a low-carbon city. In 2014, he was seconded into the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) undertaking a review of linkages across the Government’s demand side policies. He is also a Director of the Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group (PRASEG), a Trustee for national fuel poverty organisation National Energy Action (NEA), and a policy advisor to the Green Gas Certification Scheme. In 2015 he produced a report on the opportunities for green infrastructure investment in cities for the Green Investment Bank.
To find out more about Energy For London visit: www.energyforlondon.org
There are some signs that the powers that be are thinking about ‘Building Back Better’, though the messages are far from clear or adequate. Members of CEL have vital knowledge and experience of working with people in their areas on renewable energy and energy efficient homes. Sydney plans on helping to grow the Community Energy sector in London and influencing actions to enable the sector to thrive.
Tanuja moved into environmental sustainability work in 2016, initially running a household sustainability project as a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She joined Power Up North London in 2017 and helps to deliver its renewable energy projects.
Tanuja sees CEL as a catalyst in the decarbonisation of the UK at a time when there is greater appreciation of the climate emergency and of the power of communities to help address climate change.
Nadia is also a Director for South East London Community Energy (SELCE) as well as a Project Manager for their on Sustainable Futures Project which supports schools and community buildings to transition to Solar PV & LED lighting. Nadia is keen for CEL to facilitate further collaboration and sharing learning between exiting community energy enterprises as well as supporting the development of new groups. Nadia would also like to encourage the integration of community energy into local authority climate action plans and engage local authority stakeholders further, to enable a stable policy environment for community energy enterprises going forwards.
Dave co-founded Home Energy Action Lab (HEAL), a framework test bed for community powered retrofit in 2022, after serving on the steering committee of Stokey Energy for a year. He is an active member of CEL, co-opted to the Board in early 2023, mentor and co-author of an in depth study into the potential for heat pumps in community buildings. He has contributed to the Local Energy Bill roundtable discussions, and worked closely with Hackney council on their newly launched Community Energy Fund. He is also a Director of Studio seARCH, an architectural practice focussing on regenerative design and retrofit, and contributor to external publications from industry leading bodies such as LETI.
Dave has a passion for leading and inspiring people, with the ability to engage and enthuse an audience. He is well versed in effective project management, with a keen focus on improving efficiency of process and systems. His wide network and extensive knowledge of the energy industry will ensure an innovative, agile and effective approach to achieving the CEL’s vision.
working in my dream career at Younity, supporting the community energy sector. Outside of work, I’ve founded Croydon Community Energy and we’re working hard towards our first share offer! I’m a hard-working and passionate person, who deeply cares about community energy. I think Community Energy London is such an amazing organisation and I would relish the opportunity to contribute my time and skills to supporting the sector in London.
time with Centrica (1997-2019), he held senior positions in strategy, commercial, business development / M&A and regulatory areas. Since the middle of 2019, he has been a Director of Sustainable Energy 24 (“SE24”) which is an active member of Community Energy London. One of his main roles there has been in new project development, both rooftop solar and LED lighting installation, working closely with other CEL members such as SELCE. He has also been involved in mentoring Community Energy organisations which have joined CEL more recently.
Paul now has an energy sector ‘portfolio’ career which includes the following:
Non-Executive Director (NED) at the Retail Energy Code Company;
NED at the Manchester Energy Network;
NED and later Advisory Board member (2017-22) at IRT Surveys, a provider of energy efficiency services with a focus on social housing; and
As an independent consultant working for energy companies, service providers, large energy consumers and national energy regulators, with a strong focus on the transition towards Net Zero.
As CEL has identified, there is a tremendous opportunity to grow Community Energy in London and Paul would relish the opportunity to contribute to that growth as a Director of CEL.
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