John Doggart

John studied Engineering and Architecture, Working at Milton Keynes he set up the first solar house in the UK and co-developed BREEAM, the first widely-used building environmental assessment method in the world.

John also developed the first European passive solar housing scheme and the first energy rating system for housing. He has played a key role in helping to set sustainability agendas with practicable aspirations for UK governments, the European Commission, and public and private organisations.

John is a panel member of the government’s Sustainable Development Commission, non-executive director of ECSC Energy Centre for Sustainable Communities, and chairman of SEA.