Congratulations Dushyant
5 April 2022
A huge congratulations to Dushyant Karnik who has passed his AECB CarbonLite Retrofit training course, which enables him to certify robust, low energy building retrofit projects. Dushyant is part of the wider building physics team at QODA and is a Certified Passivhaus Designer. He has a special interest in low energy building design and construction innovation, with experience across multiple sectors within the UK and India.
Nine-Day Fortnight
31 March 2022
After nearly 18 months since we started our nine-day fortnight / flexible working scheme, we reflect on how it’s working, why it was implemented in the first place, and what our staff have to say. Firstly, what is the Nine-Day Fortnight? In November 2020, QODA introduced a nine-day fortnight working pattern for anyone who wished to sign up for it. In essence, the nine-day fortnight means each staff member works one full week, followed by one 4-day week with their working hours condensed into these days. Staff members are given the choice of which day off best suits their circ...
Congratulations Kostas!
25 February 2022
A huge congratulations to Kostas Megagiannis who has passed his AECB CarbonLite Retrofit training course, which enables him to certify robust, low energy building retrofit projects. Kostas is part of the wider building physics team at QODA and has a master’s degree in Civil Engineering, a master’s degree in Sustainable Architecture, and he is a Certified Passivhaus Consultant.
Welcome to our new team members!
4 February 2022
A warm welcome to our new starters Steven Coulsting, Dessy Kushelieva, Rob Stubbings, Jessica Kaqorri, and Elliot Kelly. As part of the move from Enhabit they have joined our QODA Net Zero team. As a Senior Building Physics Consultant, Steven works closely with architects and clients advising on strategic and detailed design matters such as heat loss, moisture risk, and airtightness in the context of new build and retrofit projects. He works with both mainstream Passivhaus design as well as its application more broadly across the built environment, to deliver comfortable and healt...