Biography
Antoine is a Visiting Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University. He is setting up a knowledge hub (Heat Network Scotland) supporting the development of district heating across Scotland. The Hub brings together industry, public authorities, and academics.
Antoine graduated from Aix-Marseille University (MBA - 1999) and from the Institute for Applied Science in Lyon (INSA) in Civil Engineering and Building Physics (MRes - 1998). Antoine worked in the real estate in France before joining Napier University and the Scottish Energy Centre in May 2017. Antoine worked (2017) for The City of Edinburgh Council as a KTP Associate to develop scenarios to decarbonise public building stock by 2050. This work led the Council to adopt PassivHaus standard for all new schools. His current research is focused on the implementation of 4th generation district heating in Scotland (PhD) with Vattenfall Heat UK as an industry partner. Other area of research are Wastewater Heat Recovery and decarbonisation strategies for the building sector.
He raised more than £340K in research and consultancy projects since joining the Scottish Energy Centre.
Antoine is teaching Renewable Energy Finance (Msc). He is a regular guest speaker in undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes.