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Umendra Singh

Umendra Singh

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Product Sustainability Lead, North Europe

  • Education

    • Boys High School & College

      1989 - 2002

    • Jamia Millia Islamia

      2004 - 2009
      B. Arch Architecture

      Activities and Societies: Architectural semester April 2007 until August 2007 from Fachhochschule Erfurt, University of Applied Sciences, Fachbereich Architektur, Germany, (Designed G+2, Social Housing, Gotha, Germany) Architectural Thesis: Aerospace Museum, New DelhiCore subjects as follows:Architectural Design, Architectural Drawing, Building Construction, Theory of Structures

    • Oxford Brookes University

      2009 - 2010
      MSc Sustainable Building: Performance & Design

      1. A Bioregional Approach,Group Work – North OxfordThe aim of this study is to develop a sustainable development framework for an area of North Oxford. This will be done using a Bioregional approach. Individual Work - Viability of Biomass CHP in Community Heating2. LCBT 1&2 (Low carbon technology “Passive” & "Active")Evaluating low carbon (passive & Active) strategies of The Existing and Hypothetically simulated buildings 4. POE (Post Occupancy Building… Show more 1. A Bioregional Approach,Group Work – North OxfordThe aim of this study is to develop a sustainable development framework for an area of North Oxford. This will be done using a Bioregional approach. Individual Work - Viability of Biomass CHP in Community Heating2. LCBT 1&2 (Low carbon technology “Passive” & "Active")Evaluating low carbon (passive & Active) strategies of The Existing and Hypothetically simulated buildings 4. POE (Post Occupancy Building Evaluation)Group Work-A case study was done to investigate the energy performances of two houses located in London.The report covers 4 main investigation areas • Energy Audit • Environmental Survey • Occupant Satisfaction Survey • Recommendations & Conclusions5. Modelling and Passive strategies – Software briefed: IES (Integrated Environmental Solutions), Ecotect & PHPP6. Sustainable design in context -the study demands to design and simulate a hypothetical sustainable community housing. Show less

  • Experience

    • THE NOVARCH ARCHITECTS

      Dec 2008 - Jul 2009
      Assistant Architect

      In short span of time I worked on four high end residential buildings where i was tasked to conceptualize and create innovative designs. Later I took full charge of “senior secondary school” design project and then appointed as one of the architects involved with “Indian Oil Township” project, Orissa, India. This IOCL project required intensive site study of cyclone resistant architecture - conceptual design and free hand sketching - prepared design presentations- technical working drawings - 3D graphics of projects - Site construction supervision Show less

    • Natural Building Technologies

      Sept 2010 - Jun 2019

      Working towards our goal to reduce performance gap in the current construction industries. Providing and managing expert technical, design and onsite support to the clients, architects, contractors and many others in the trade- Critical thermal assessment of junction details (Flixo, Thermal Bridge Analysis)- Condensation and moisture risk analysis, (WUFI & Glaser Analysis)- Evaluation of Building thermal performance (U-value)- Indicative SAP assessment (Stroma SAP)- development of technical drawings (CAD Details)- Building Air Tightness & Weather tightness details (Tape and Membranes)- Building thermal retrofit specialist (external or internal) Show less Natural Building Technologies Ltd., UK’s leading supplier of Sustainable building envelope systems.Managed initial technical correspondence related to new emerging Sustainable-Building-Technologies. Provided effective solutions and advice whilst working closely with architects. - BuildDesk U-value/condensation calculator, - thermal bridging software ‘Flixo’, - Passivhaus Strategies - development of technical drawings (CAD Details)- Building Air Tightness & Weather tightness details (Tape and Membranes) Show less

      • Technical Manager, NBT Systems

        Jul 2013 - Jun 2019

      • Technical Support Officer

        Sept 2010 - Jun 2013

    • SOPREMA UK

      Jun 2019 - Mar 2020
      Senior Technical Advisor

    • Umbay Consultancy

      Mar 2020 - Mar 2023
      Senior Technical Consultant

      Technical consultancy to predict & analyse moisture risks in existing and new buildings (WUFI assessment). Thermal Bridging analysis and Psi value calculation. Mould and fungal risk at critical junctions. PHPP (Passive House, Passivhaus) assessment and U-value.

    • Soprema Group

      May 2021 - now

      Responsible for managing the sustainability portfolio of Soprema's products in North Europe, which entails acquiring circularity certifications like EPD or C2C.

      • Product Sustainability Lead, North Europe

        Apr 2022 - now

      • Technical, Bio-based Building Systems

        May 2021 - now

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Data Analysis for Management

      The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
      Nov 2024

    • Certified Passive House Designer & Consultant, Building Construction Technology

      Passive House Institute
      Jan 2017

    • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

      Circular Ecology
      Nov 2021

    • Certificate in Hygrothermal Risk Assessment for Building Performance, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics Certificate

      Technological University Dublin
      Oct 2019