Laurie Wills
Laurie is a Chartered Environmental Consultant with over 15 years’ experience in the environment sector. Having graduated from the University of Leeds with an honours degree in Environmental Management, he went on to work with a number of high-profile consultancies prior to establishing Element Sustainability in 2011. Laurie is an accredited Energy Assessor and licensed BREEAM, Code for Sustainable Homes and Home Quality Mark assessor.
When he eventually gets some time away from the office, Laurie enjoys spending it with his family, travelling, photographing the great outdoors, cycling in the woods where he lives and taking trusty hound Cooper on long walks. When he’s home he loves to cook, watch rugby and Formula 1, and listen to his eclectic music collection.
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Caroline Wills
Caroline has worked in the sales and marketing sector for more than 10 years, managing client relationships and negotiating high-value commercial agreements with large blue-chip organisations. She joined Element Sustainability in February 2016 and is busy looking after the company’s valued client base, seeking out new business opportunities and providing cost-effective solutions for those we have the privilege of working with. She manages third-party co-consultants, takes care of fees and invoicing, manages company cash flow and is always the first to volunteer to make the tea round!
After graduating from the University of Leeds with an honours degree in History, Caroline took a year out to travel the world, visiting New Zealand, Thailand, Malaysia and Mexico, among other countries. She now enjoys travelling across Europe with her family in their campervan. She is a big fan of the outdoors and enjoys walks in the forest, gardening and bug hunting with her daughter, Charlotte. She is also a keen swimmer and takes part in open water competitions, both in good weather and bad (usually bad, let’s face it!).
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Stacey
Stacey joined Element Sustainability in 2014. She is a qualified BREEAM assessor and provides consultancy services for non-residential and residential developments, managing a diverse range of projects. Stacey has always been interested in sustainability and protecting the wider physical environment. After graduating from Manchester Metropolitan University with a BSc in Geography, she recognised the impact the built environment has and decided to acquire a master’s degree in Environmental Management and Sustainable Development.
Prior to joining Element Sustainability, Stacey worked for an energy-efficiency pioneer community interest company (CIC), which was looking to improve existing housing stock. Through working with individuals, businesses and community groups across Cheshire, she helped to promote and deliver more sustainable, lower-impact residential living environments.
Stacey enjoys travelling to far-flung destinations and working with young people, which is fortunate as she leads the local Cub Scouts group. When she’s not working, travelling or cub scouting, Stacey loves walking her dog, Oscar, and catching up with friends.
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Cooper
No office is complete without a dog and Cooper, our chocolate Labrador, certainly completes our team. Originally from Derbyshire, he now resides in Delamere Forest, Cheshire. His main skills are relaxing and being fully house trained, although he also does an excellent job of being brown. He’s not great at fetching sticks as he has a very limited attention span, but he will happily shake a paw on request!
Cooper loves being around people, eating (virtually anything, including socks, crayons and hair bobbles), going for walks and swims, and generally being a great companion and stress reliever for the whole team.
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Colin
Colin joined the Element team in October 2017. His main focus is reducing carbon emissions in both residential and commercial developments using energy modelling software.
Colin has been involved in the environment sector for over 10 years and, after qualifying as a DEA, OCDEA, GDA and NDEA, he worked as a City and Guilds tutor in various built environment subjects.
When he’s not working Colin enjoys spending time with his family, playing pool and ten-pin bowling in local leagues, keeping fit (running around after his Chihuahuas, Bailey and Luca!) and travelling.
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Oscar
Oscar joined Element Sustainability in spring 2019 and provides consultancy services for a diverse range of developments from individual units to large-scale, masterplan schemes. He is an experienced BREEAM consultant qualified in both New Construction and Non-Domestic Refurbishment. Prior to joining Element, Oscar graduated in Neuroscience from the University of Manchester and then joined Manchester-based consultancy Sustainable Assessments Limited where he gained invaluable expertise with a wide range of projects and clients throughout the UK, enabling him to provide consultancy with a holistic and integrated approach. Oscar’s long-standing passion for the Environment and Sustainability is driven by his interest in Biology and ambition to drive positive change through co-operation.
In his free time Oscar enjoys socialising and travelling with friends, watching films and playing his eclectic collection of musical instruments. Having roots in the Midlands, Oscar is an involuntary Birmingham City FC supporter who would cheer on his team if there was anything to cheer about lately …
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Katie
Katie has been with Element Sustainability for over a year, joining the team after graduating from the University of Chester with a first-class, joint honours degree in Geography with International Development. Since joining the Element Sustainability team, Katie has qualified as an accredited, On-Construction Domestic Energy Assessor and provides BREEAM and planning support on a wide range of consultancy projects.
Katie’s keen interest in sustainability issues was sparked through her love of the outdoors while working with a youth development group. This interest later manifest itself within her university modules which led to an internship and eventually a career in sustainability consultancy with Element.
Katie enjoys keeping fit and spends her evenings at yoga, rock climbing or in the gym. She loves to spend the weekends supporting her favourite football team, Everton. When she is not cheering on the blues, she can be found walking her canine friend, Lenny!
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Shaun
Shaun joined the Element Sustainability team in January 2020. His long-held interest in environmental and sustainability issues resulted in a rather brave career change in 2016, when he and his wife were presented with an opportunity to move to China. During his time in China Shaun completed an honours degree in Environmental Science and, upon his return to England, promptly began working with companies establishing their environmental management policies.
Shaun is now developing Element Sustainability’s internal QA processes, and providing BREEAM and planning support whilst working towards accredited Energy Assessor status.
In his spare time Shaun enjoys socialising with friends and family, practicing his Mandarin (rusty), playing Guitar (badly), exercising (lightly), and participating in sports such as football and golf. Shaun also enjoys travelling and eating delicious food, and watching his favourite team, Manchester United, whilst reminiscing about the good old days under Sir Alex Ferguson!’
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Element Sustainability is committed to working closely with our clients and becoming part of your team.
We take great satisfaction from seeing design concepts followed through to completion.
Collectively, we have over thirty years experience and a wide range of qualifications, equipping us to give you the best possible service.
Unlike bigger corporations, we offer a personal, tailored approach that caters to the unique needs of your project.
Based in the north-west of England, we enjoy working with local clients as well as travelling further afield to deliver projects all over the UK.
We are currently working on projects in a range of locations, so no matter where your site is we are here to help.