Director, Partner, Solid Green
Chilufya Lombe has extensive experience in both performance and accreditation modelling for sustainability projects and performed energy modelling for the first Green Star rated office and retail buildings in South Africa. With a background in traditional mechanical design, Chilufya has a special interest in detailed modelling of building systems to optimise energy usage using advanced building simulation tools such as DesignBuilder and EnergyPlus. Chilufya is also a member of the Green Building Council of South Africa’s education faculty and a member of their project assessment panel. Chilu has won the GBCSA Award for Most Established Green Star in 2013/2014. Since his studies, at UCT he has been wanting to change the minds of engineers and to demonstrate that buildings can be high performing at little to no additional cost. Chilu will be responsible to ensure that the projects will be Net Zero Energy and guide the Architects in terms of the most energy efficient building in South Africa.
