Passivent, a leading UK manufacturer of natural ventilation solutions, appoints Huw Poppy to the role of business operations manager.
Huw joins Passivent with over 25 years’ experience, including specific expertise in the design and development of natural ventilation systems, filtration and evaporative air cooling systems, and will become a valuable contact for specifiers working across a wide range of sectors and project types.
A key part of Huw’s role will be supporting Passivent’s in-house estimating team to provide architects, consultants, engineers and contractors with the technical calculations and advice they need to create compliant and cost-effective natural and hybrid ventilation strategies.
Huw’s detailed understanding of the ventilation requirements for commercial, industrial and residential buildings and will allow him to work closely with Passivent’s technical and sales team to build on the company’s successful work across the education sector and other markets.
Huw’s in-depth expertise also includes the development of control strategies to ensure the chosen ventilation systems operate at their maximum efficiency. This helps to reduce both costs and operational carbon.
Commenting on his new role as Passivent’s business operations manager, Huw says: “I am passionate about designing well ventilated and healthy spaces and I’m excited to be able to combine my own technical knowledge with Passivent’s innovative range of natural and hybrid ventilation systems to help even more of our specification customers achieve this goal.
“Close and early collaboration is essential to designing effective ventilation strategies and I’m looking forward to working with clients at every stage of a project, from concept to construction.”
To find out more, visit www.passivent.com, call 01732 850 770 or email [email protected]. Follow LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest news.
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