Patricia is a CIBSE award-winning chartered engineer and economist with 15 years of experience in engineering consultancy, including over a decade in the built environment. With her expertise in fluid mechanics, she has led and supported a number of high profile projects, both internationally and in the UK with Atkins and Hoare Lea. Via bespoke desktop tools, computational fluid mechanics and real-world project experience, Patricia aims to estimate how air movement can impact upon the building performance, allowing her to identify key risk areas and propose viable mitigation strategies. Her work to date includes assessment of wind conditions for a multitude of new tall buildings in the City to meet planning obligations, assessing the performance of ventilation systems delivering thermal comfort of spectators in open-stadiums, and developing new bespoke methods to assess the risk of pollutant concentration from laboratory exhausts.

Since setting up MYA Consultancy Services in 2019, Patricia has brought her experience of the built environment to CFD consultancies looking to establish themselves in the market. Her pursuit of knowledge has led her into reearch collaborations with the University College of London in developing a risk based assessment for COVID transmission in buildings and densely occupied external or semi-external environments.

From her early years as an engineer, Patricia recognised that economics is a key cog in the decision making process. Rather than this often being presented as an obstacle to achieving our sustainability aspirations, a better understanding of how the system works would allow her to present a true cost-benefit analysis of any proposed solutions. In pursuit of this, Patricia completed a full-time Masters in Economics at Kings College London alongside her work, graduating in July 2022 with a first-class honours degree. She has now been accepted to a four-year PhD with University College of London to develop a model to assess inflation risk and is now investigating the potential value she can bring to future projects with this knowledge.

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Michael graduated with a Masters in Aero-Mechanical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde in 2008. Following one short course in building performance modelling, he was hooked and has spent the 14 years since developing his skills within this arena, attaining chartership with CIBSE, ASHRAE and the Energy Institute. From his time with three major multi-disciplinary engineering consultancies of Buro Happold, Hoare Lea and Ramboll, Michael has worked across almost sector available in the built environment. From delivering energy strategies on single offices and overheating assessments on residential dwellings, to researching and implementing bespoke solutions to mixed-mode ventilation strategies and detailed HVAC component level modelling to optimise building energy consumption, there is value that can be added to every project regardless of size.

With tightening regulations, net zero ambitions and ever-more demanding clients, Michael understands that building performance modelling has become a critical element of building engineering consultancy this last decade and predicts it will continue to do even more so over the coming years. He is keen to share his knowledge and experience with the teams that he works with, often providing presentations on key legislation changes and training junior engineers on enhancing their own skills.

Sustainability and occupant wellbeing is at the core of Michael’s approach to building design. As a licensed Low Carbon Energy Assessor and On-Construction Domestic Energy Assessor, as well as being a former BREEAM AP, WELL AP and LEED AP, he understands how to not only deliver the necessary material effectively to meet the latest building regulations, planning requirements and green certification credits, but this holistic view allows him to identify related opportunities and risks, often prior to the computational modelling being undertaken.

Should you have an opportunity that would benefit from Michael’s assistance, please use the Contact Us page.