Cathy Hough, Associate, Camco, BEng (Hons), MProf, MScView Presentation

Cathy is an Associate with sustainable energy consultancy Camco, with 15 years experience in sustainable energy technology and policy design. Cathy joined Camco from Forum for the Future where she had spent two years campaigning on renewable energy and advising the Forum’s corporate partners on energy and carbon issues. In her early years at Camco she was instrumental in developing Camco’s carbon management services in the corporate sector, and led policy design studies for government on the UK Emissions Trading Scheme, the Renewables Obligation and the Energy Efficiency Commitment. Since 2004 she has focused on the advanced, low carbon refurbishment of the UK’s existing housing stock, co-ordinating Camco’s innovative ‘Generation Homes’ project on whole-house retrofit in social housing. She has worked with some of the country’s leading housing associations promoting innovative approaches to sustainable energy. In 2008 Cathy helped to establish the Existing Homes Alliance, a 15-strong coalition of organisations calling for urgent action on the UK’s existing housing. She has also co-authored a range of reports in the field including the Homes & Communities Agency’s retrofit manual ‘Fit for the Future’ and ‘Whole House Refurbishment to Deliver 80% Reduction in Carbon Emissions’ for DECC.

Cathy has worked with Radian Group for many years on a range of innovative energy projects and is currently supporting them in the delivery of their ERDF-funded ‘Retrofit South East’ project, which seeks to mainstream eco-retrofit in the South East region, with partners GESB & Parity Projects.

Cathy has a first class degree in Civil Engineering and Masters degrees in Renewable Energy from Loughborough University and Sustainable Development with Forum for the Future.