We are looking for a technical analyst with experience in energy systems and fabric solutions to support delivery of our retrofit and new build housing projects.

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We are open to this being a junior or senior role. If you are not sure whether you have enough experience, please contact us to discuss.

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Please also see our 'Zero carbon buildings: Digital Solutions Developer’ role: we are interested to hear from people who have skills and experience that cross both roles.  

> Key tasks

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To work with ESUK team members, particularly the technical team, and partners to:

• Analyse building energy performance pre- and post-retrofit/build using, for example, smart meter data, energy bills, winter monitoring via sensors etc.
• Maintain and develop useful tools and guidance (usually MS Excel/Office) to support social landlord partners, ESUK, construction companies etc. during the planning and delivery of retrofit and new build projects
• To support social landlords and partners on the technical elements of the end-to-end delivery journey, including business case development, project planning, procurement, stakeholder & resident engagement, build programme delivery, monitoring and evaluation.

> Key skills

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Essential

• Good mathematical skills, e.g. numeracy, sense-checking
• Advanced level Excel, pivot tables, charts, macros and Power Query
• Manipulating large datasets
• Building and maintaining complex models

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Desirable

• Understanding of household energy and building physics
• Awareness of building energy solutions, including renewable energy (PV, heat pumps, batteries etc.), insulation, ventilation and airtightness
• Experience in the social housing sector
• Energy modelling, SAP and/or PHPP
• Basic to advanced coding/digital skills, SQL, HTML

> Person profile

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• Positive, creative approach
• Self-starter, able to work independently

ESUK is a small, remotely based team. We meet weekly online and monthly face to face (usually in London) but otherwise work from home or co-working office. You will need to be comfortable working on your own most of the time, with regular online meetings with colleagues.  

We’re looking for a problem solver and innovator. We’re trying to do something that has not been done before – create a mass market for financially viable zero carbon retrofit and new build homes. There are lots of challenges and you may be called on to work on anything from resident engagement materials to working with heat pump manufacturers on how to develop or adapt their products to fit the Energiesprong requirements.

As a small team trying to achieve a big goal, we have to collaborate with others. We work with social housing providers (council and housing association), governments, construction main contractors, component manufacturers, designers, software companies and other innovators in the retrofit and new build sectors. You should be able to communicate complex issues to a range of audiences and in different formats. You should also be comfortable working in remote multi-organisation teams.

> Terms

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Attractive. Flexible. 2 to 4 days/week. Contracted or employed. £250- £400/day, initial 12 months. Home/own office based, UK and EU travel required.

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> How to apply

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Please send a CV and cover letter to join@energiesprong.uk by 12:00 on 23 Jan 2023.

> Context

Energiesprong is an approach to delivering net zero energy retrofit of homes at scale, financed by savings and with performance guaranteed.

Dutch for ‘Energy Leap’, it was developed by the Dutch Government with their housing and construction industries between 2010 and 2017. The Netherlands has the same carbon reduction targets as those set by the UK Climate Change Act, requiring a zero-emission building stock by 2050.  They realised that a radically different approach to the measure by measure, grant funded norm was needed. Delivery rates had to go up, and costs had to come down to enable financing without public subsidy.

The key principles of the Energiesprong approach are:

• net zero in one go: whole house, super-efficient thermal wrap with renewable energy generation, storage and heating;
• guaranteed actual performance: annual net zero energy, comfort every day and affordable bills;
• offsite manufacturing: industrialisation for quality, cost reduction and minimal onsite disruption;
• retrofit cost financed by guaranteed long term energy and maintenance savings;
• affordable, grid friendly electrification: 90% carbon reduction now, zero carbon as the grid decarbonises.

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Energiesprong UK is an independent, 100% publicly funded not-for-profit organisation.  Our mission is to adapt the Dutch approach for the UK and develop a volume market that can deliver net-zero energy retrofit and new build, at scale without public subsidy. We support landlords, supply chain, Governments and opinion formers and work closely with our sister Energiesprong teams in NL, FR, DE & IT.

Demonstration retrofit projects with 5 landlords have been completed and we are now scaling up delivery working with our partners the Mayor of London and Turner & Townsend on the Retrofit Accelerator for Homes Innovation Partnership designed to standardise approaches, aggregate design and drive supply chain innovation and cost reduction as volume grows.

Our strategy is: to stimulate demand, support the supply chain, develop funding and finance for market growth, and influence supporting and enabling policy and regulation.  Social housing is the launching market, to build volume and proven self-financing net zero products that can then be marketed to private tenures in future.

Our current projects and funders include:  Retrofit Accelerator Homes (Mayor of London & ERDF), MUSTBE0 (EU NWE Interreg), LB Sutton Whole House Retrofit (BEIS), National Net Zero Retrofit Accelerator (BEIS), Zero Energy Buildings Catalyst (Devon County Council & ERDF), Plymouth Energy Community Homes (various), Heat Pump Ready Wave 2 (BEIS).

Watch a short video explaining the Energiesprong approach.