Mark Dowson Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Chicago, Illinois, Us

- Sustainable Operations Director in JLL's Property & Asset Management team.- UK ESG programme management lead for LaSalle Investment Management - a global real estate business with more than £70 billion of assets in their portfolio.- Responsible for implementing and optimising new sustainability programmes for LaSalle’s real estate investment portfolio across the UK.- Day-to-day role includes decarbonisation & ESG programme management, tracking delivery and performance, liaising with stakeholders, fund reporting and leveraging data for strategic decision making.- Wider remit includes driving the development of an ESG programme management framework and toolkit for use across multiple client accounts for JLL Sustainable Operations.

Bath, England, Gb

- Head of Buro Happold's global Building Performance group, leading the company to winning CIBSE ‘Building Performance Consultancy of the Year’ 5 years in a row (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022). Responsible for investment to scale business offer.- Leadership team member for the UK Sustainability Team, with responsibilities including work winning, line management, team resourcing, mentoring, project leadership and finances.- Project Director for ESG appointment with Royal London Asset Management as lead Sustainable Development Consultant, developing net zero carbon guidelines, tracking sustainability performance across 45 development projects and preparing GRESB submissions.- Sustainability lead for Euston OSD masterplan with Lendlease and Begbroke Innovation District with Legal & General.- Embodied & operational carbon advisor for UKGBC ‘Building the case for net zero’ studies with Grosvenor.- Project Director and embodied carbon framework lead for McLaren Construction.

Bath, England, Gb

- Project and consortia lead for major residential POE pilot of 259 homes for London Legacy Development Corporation.- Technical co-author of UCL’s Sustainable Building Standard setting ‘net zero’ requirements for new-build & retrofit projects.- Sustainability lead for projects including the £81m BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ 2 Redman Place and £97.5m Britannia masterplan.- Co-author of Old Oak & Park Royal Development Corporation POE planning policy and UCL Post Project Review guidelines.- Government Soft Landings co-ordinator for House of Commons relocation. Soft Landings champion for Cancer Research UK fit-out.- POE lead for the award winning UCL Bartlett School of Architecture retrofit demonstrating 60% reduction in energy use per m2.

Bath, England, Gb

- Sustainability lead for £58m award winning Newcastle University Urban Sciences Building. Successfully pitched to develop bespoke sustainability framework alongside BREEAM ‘Excellent’ strategy. Undertook post occupancy evaluation showing operational energy modelling within 3% of measured data. Author of Soft Landings case study (BG77/2019). - Project lead for Quintain ESOS identifying energy saving opportunities up to £180,000/year with 0.6-8.5 year paybacks. - Project lead for Greater London Authority study quantifying the financial viability of 4th generation district heat networks.

Bath, England, Gb

- Sustainability lead for £38m David Attenborough Building refurbishment. Secured additional fee to develop bespoke sustainability framework for the project, leading extensive stakeholder engagement with over 10 organisations. Undertook pre and post occupancy evaluation demonstrating 35.2% reduction in CO2 and 12.5% gain in perceived staff productivity. - Sustainability lead for £49m Glasshouse Gardens achieving Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4 on 333 residential units.

Bath, England, Gb

- Four year Engineering Doctorate based full time at Buro Happold focused on low energy refurbishments and aerogel insulation. - Coordinated successful funding application for a £150k ‘Retrofit for the Future’ grant, refurbishing a 1960s end-terrace reducing CO2 emissions by 82%. Developed Passivhaus engineering strategy and designed an innovative solar-air heater preheating the property’s MVHR, which won ‘Passive Product of the Year’ at the 2013 CIBSE Building Performance Awards.

- Industrial placement for a major supplier to Marks & Spencer. Role involved working with buyers, TV licensors and Far East engineers. For two products conceptualised, 75,000 units were released in stores.

Engineering Doctorate (Engd), Environmental Technology

Bsc, Industrial Design With Professional Development