Dr Mei Ren

Mei has over 25 years’ experience in sustainability, green building design and strategic policy consultancy across all sectors of the built environment and master planning.

She started her career as a researcher at the Building Research Establishment and then undertook PhD research in optimum control of thermal storage systems. Since then, Mei has spent most of her professional life as a designer and specialist consultant on a range of multidisciplinary projects across multiple sectors. Her areas of expertise include detailed knowledge of low carbon building design, energy strategy, climate change adaption and mitigation strategies.

Mei has extensive experience in leading holistic design approaches to help our clients achieve flexibility, design efficiency and improving the resilience of their businesses. She has led the delivery of many buildings and masterplan projects, and is experienced in coordinating and managing multi-disciplinary input to ensure seamless integration of skills and embedding sustainability in every element of design and strategy. She has been involved with several policy studies for public sectors and has been instrumental in developing energy strategies and sustainability delivery frameworks for a range of projects.

In 2014, Mei was awarded New Civil Engineers / Association of Consulting Engineers Sustainability Champion Consultant of the Year.

She regularly lectures to engineering students through her esteemed role as a Royal Academy of Engineering visiting professor of Environmental Sustainability at the University of Manchester.