Leveraging Data Fusion: Achieving Energy Cost Savings by Understanding Space Usage

Throughout his career, Richard’s focus has been developing and implementing carbon and energy management strategies for large organisations across the value chain. As a frequent speaker at conferences and commentator in industry media, he draws on over 17 years of experience by leveraging technology to drive Net Zero programmes.

As a Senior Director for MRI’s Energy Management solutions for the EMEA region, he helps several organisations from various industries to implement successful energy management strategies to achieve their green targets and reduce cost. Employed by one of the largest Property Technology businesses globally, and a world leading Energy Management Software platform, Richard is very competent with his up to date view of the energy and carbon management challenges faced by the world’s largest and most complex property portfolios.

Having previously been Chief Operating Officer of Castleton Technology and working in Property Technology for over 20 years, James plays a pivotal role within MRI Software as the Managing Director of MRI’s FM, Energy and Retail Intelligence solutions.

James is passionate about adopting forward thinking technology and Internet of Things to meet sector challenges and help organisations reduce operational costs and become more sustainable.

With MRI’s acquisition of eSight Energy, James is now integrating MRI’s Energy Management solutions into the wider Facilities Management ecosystem to help organisations save energy costs by levering space usage and footfall analytics.