Credentials

ICE-BERG was founded in 2020 by me, Chris Yates. See below for my career history and skillset summary.

Places

Stockholm, Oporto, Cairo, but mostly Stockport

Today

ICE-BERG

Building Physics Consultancy

Founded ICE-BERG to spread the knowledge of building physics and its capabilities in bringing about a sustainable built environment.

2015 – December 2020

BDP

Building Physics Lead

I re-joined BDP after 8 years and re-established building physics as a core discipline delivered in-house. With training, mentoring, and management our team grew from zero to six full-time staff in four years.

We pioneered bespoke assessments not common in the UK, such as Measurement and Verification to ASHRAE Guideline 14, thermal bridging and hygrothermal studies.

2013-2015

HILSON MORAN

Senior Sustainability Engineer

This was a great company to work for. It was a pleasure to service their big asks: high quality and diligent client focus.

EDSL TAS detailed systems modelling

ASHRAE 90.1 PRM method for LEED

LCA - Whole Life Cost and Carbon

2010-2013

FREELANCE

Freelance

This was a period of career jetsetting to such exotic places as Stockholm and Bristol.

EQUA Simulation AB, Stockholm

Halcrow, Bristol (now part of Jacobs)

2007-2010

ZERO ENERGY DESIGN

Associate

Inspired by their vision to do something special, I joined an ex-colleague’s start-up. With a client base of 50 – mostly UK – based companies, ZED was an exciting and formative period in my career cut unfortunately short by the sub-prime mortgage lending fiasco and redundancy.

Management of TFL EPC framework

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Projects from Riyhad to Nova Scotia

2005-2007

BDP

Building Physics Lead

Joined BDP for the first time in leading the rollout of IES modelling.

1995-2005

MISC

CAD Management and engineering

Buildings and infrastructure

Building services design

Expansion bellows design

Engineering sales

Electrical heater design

Profile

Spreading the knowledge of building physics and its capabilities in bringing about a sustainable built environment.

Biography

Building physics specialist, with a background in engineering and CAD design

Continues to deliver services for award winning projects in the UK and worldwide

Work interests include measurement, verification and calibrated models; comfort; IAQ; lifecycle; embodied energy and BIM

An excellent communicator, Chris has delivered software training nationally, internationally, and online. He has also shared his knowledge of programming in lunchtime sessions for beginners

A versatile engineer able to work using his own initiative or as a member of a team

Experience of leading teams of consultants to achieve project deliverables and program dates

Until recently has led BDP’s team of energy engineers in delivering solutions for BREEAM, LEED, bespoke energy strategy and Planning approvals

Software

MS Excel and Access

All CAD: Revit, AutoCAD, Bentley

IES, TAS, Designbuilder, IDA ICE, Energyplus, Energypro, ECAM

Coding: VBA, Python and AutoLisp

LCA – Lifecycle carbon assessment

Design

Knowledge of most industry standard building physics simulation tools

Measurement and verification. ASHRAE Guideline 14

CAD management

Whole life cost and carbon

Green certification schemes: Passivhaus, LEED, BREEAM

District Heat CP1 Feasibility

All Round

Training and leadership

Bids, forecasting and planning

Writing articles

Graphics

Qualifications

CIBSE Low Carbon Energy Assessor LCEA (Levels 3, 4 & 5)

CIBSE DEC assessor

SAP assessor