Lorenzo De Donatis

Director, Sustainability @ CBRE Ireland

County Dublin, Ireland

About

Chartered Engineer with several years of professional experience and scientific publications in the fields of ESG, Sustainability, Digital Twins and Energy Modelling applied to the Built Environment. Covering the role of Director, Sustainability at CBRE Ireland, with a focus on supporting asset owners, operators, and investors outline decarbonisation roadmaps for their portfolios, improve sustainability credentials, and efficiently operate & manage assets.

Experience

  • Director, Sustainability at CBRE Ireland
    Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

    Covering the role of Director, Sustainability at CBRE Ireland, with a focus on supporting asset owners, operators, and investors outline decarbonisation roadmaps for their portfolios, improve sustainability credentials, and efficiently operate & manage assets.

  • Advisor - UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard at UK NZC Buildings Standard
    Sep 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

    Member of Task Group 1c (Top-Down approach) in the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (NZCBS), responsible for developing a methodology for aligning UK operational and embodied carbon benchmarks with the national carbon budgets. Leading the working group responsible for setting Net Zero Carbon Metrics for the UK built environment.

  • Advisor - Advancing Net Zero at UK Green Building Council (UKGBC)
    Mar 2024 - Sep 2024 · 7 mos

    Member of the operational energy modelling Task Group in the Advancing Net Zero - Retail and Logistics programme. The taskforce goal is to drive the decarbonisation of the retail and logistics sectors through effective retrofit planning and delivery.

  • IES Ltd. (5 yrs 9 mos)
    • Senior Consultancy Manager
      Jun 2023 - Sep 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Growing (and managing) the ICL (Intelligent Communities Lifecycle) Consultancy Department for IES in Ireland from 3 to 9 people within 26 months. Responsible for department profitability as well as client communication and project delivery. Creating strategies for current and future consultancy opportunities around Green Buildings Frameworks, ESG, Digital Twins, and Decarbonisation of assets within the built environment.

    • Consultancy Manager
      Jun 2022 - May 2023 · 1 yr

      Managing the Irish ICL (Intelligent Communities Lifecycle) Consultancy Department across a range of sustainability and whole-life carbon assessment projects, participating in proposal writing and managing budget, resources, technical work and client communications from project start to closure. Work closely with product owners to align the ICL set of software tools to market needs and client expectations, focusing on clients' ESG goals and decarbonisation policies in various industries across Europe and the UK.

    • Senior Research Consultant
      Jun 2021 - May 2022 · 1 yr

      Leading a team of consultants across a range of R&D and consultancy projects, focused on building/city/network modelling and net-zero carbon roadmaps for city councils, airports and large portfolio owners based on ESG goals, national policies and EU objectives.

  • Occasional Lecturer at Trinity College Dublin
    Sep 2022 - Feb 2023 · 6 mos

    Lecturer on Energy Modelling & Community-scale Decarbonisation Analyses (MSc in Civil Engineering). Responsible for guiding students on the use of energy modelling software for buildings, cities and networks, as well as sharing project-based insights and experience on the needs and challenges for decarbonising buildings, cities and communities.