Alex is a landscape architect and planner with extensive experience of renewable energy developments from initial feasibility appraisals to securing planning consents and implementation.  He has worked  across the spectrum of renewable energy typologies, including wind, hydro, biomasss, AD, and more, and can advise on selecting the appropriate technology to suit the location and end use. He has worked on all scales of development, from small scale community projects to national projects. So far in his career, Alex has helped secure consent for over 100 megawatts of generating capacity, with more in the planning system and at pre-planning. He is expert in Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments, and project managing Environmental Impact Assessments and planning applications.

Alex understands the planning, environmental and design processes of development and is able to communicate this understanding clearly to clients, consultants, statutory authorities and the public. Since 2014 Alex has spearheaded Scene's work in local energy systems.

Sandy specialises in community energy and energy access research and project development. He has a strong belief in the benefits of community-led energy in both the UK and internationally. He is an accomplished project manager, primarily managing Scene’s UK community energy research – including the annual ‘Community Energy: State of the Sector’ – and Scene’s contributions to off-grid energy access research. Sandy has experience working on international energy access and off-grid energy, including in humanitarian settings. He also manages Scene’s role in REFRUIT, a multi-partner smart agritech project in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Sandy has eight years’ experience in the UK renewable energy sector, managing and supporting a diverse portfolio of community-led low carbon projects – from wind energy to innovative low carbon heat networks. Sandy has a background in climate change, specialising specifically in community-led, participatory approaches to both mitigation and adaptation. He holds an MSc in Climate Change & International Development from the University of East Anglia.

Prem brings administrative, accounting and management skills developed through a career in service industries. She has a meticulous attention to detail and ability to work under pressure, previously deployed ensuring the safety, security and smooth running of fleet operations for aircraft within the Lufthansa group.

These skills are now deployed in managing the smooth running of all administrative aspects of Scene’s financial administration, business, HR, and requirements across team members and company contacts. Prem is both flexible and spontaneous, and the point of contact for all of Scene’s administrative matters.

Jim is technical manager at Scene, leading the company’s work in developing digital platforms for smart energy futures. He is technical lead on our innovation work in relation to the ZUoS platform, providing the solutions architecture and defining our research goals for technical, commercial and regulatory outcomes. He has worked in demand-side response for 16 years, having completed a PhD on Voltage Management with Distributed Generation with the University of Edinburgh before moving to work with the pioneering demand-side aggregator, Flexitricity, in 2008.

As well as his technical background in Artificial Intelligence and electrical engineering, Jim has an excellent market knowledge, along with many other business aspects, including demand-side asset assessment, energy and financial modelling, system configuration, client engagement and system development. In addition to working with electrical systems, Jim has a keen interest in the future of heat and transport and working to solve environmental and climate problems with social justice.

Howard joined Scene in July 2021, bringing over ten years’ experience as a Software Engineer and team leader, with skills encompassing design, requirements analysis, testing and operations.

In his previous role he helped scale a platform from the ground up, using ‘agile’ methodologies. Customer experience is key, with co-development to deliver systems which meet user needs and maximise customer satisfaction and retention.

Eve joined Scene in August 2022 as a sustainability engineer, drawing on her expertise in engineering and finance to support delivery of our local energy and net zero projects.

Eve graduated with an MEng in Civil Engineering from the University of Edinburgh in 2021, and has a particular interest in supporting easier access to more sustainable practices and choices for individuals and communities. She also has professional background in financial consultancy, carrying out economic and risk modelling.

Eve is an advocate for women in STEM fields and is passionate about bringing diversity and equity to the engineering field.

Ross joined Scene in October 2022 after completing an MSc in Energy and Economics at Heriot Watt, where he took particular interest in the economic effects of electricity market integration policies. Before this, he worked at a London macroeconomics research company. At Scene, Ross draws upon his academic and professional experience to support consultancy work in the renewables sector.

Ross is passionate about applying economic tools to the biggest social problem of our age, and believes that the near zero marginal cost of renewable energy technologies makes community ownership and energy solutions at the local level practicable and expedient.

Rhys joined Scene in April 2023, working within the consultancy team to help deliver community-driven low carbon and sustainability projects. He brings a depth of experience in environmental monitoring and management to Scene’s consultancy team, whilst also working on carbon and energy modelling and energy resource analysis. Rhys has academic and professional experience of on-site environmental surveying, data analysis, project reporting and presentation.

Rhys graduated with a MSc in Environmental Science from the University of Liverpool in 2021, with academic interests in environmental reconstruction and climate change. As a result, he is passionate about the development of low carbon enterprises as a means of tackling the most pressing environmental issues. Prior to joining Scene, Rhys worked in the geophysics and survey sector, with extensive experience of topographic, geophysical and underground utility surveys for ground investigation and infrastructure projects across the UK.

Sheena joined Scene as a ZUoS Simulations Engineer in April 2023. At Scene, she contributes to the ZUoS simulations workstream, including software development and technical support for the team. Sheena bridges building energy engineering and software development, contributing to the creation of new energy analysis and management solutions and products.Her passion revolves around applying smart technologies for the net zero transition and she specializes in using data analysis and machine learning to further decarbonisation of the built environment.

Sheena holds a BSc in Electronics and Communications Engineering, and an MSc in Smart Cities and Communities. Prior to pursuing her Master's degree, she worked as a telecommunications consultant and software developer at an engineering consulting firm in Tokyo. She is also currently pursuing her PhD in built environment at Heriot-Watt University alongside her work at Scene.

Vijay is a co-founder of Scene and specialises in renewable energy-focused social enterprise and ICT for development. He loves social enterprise and believes that business should be a force for good. He is an adept project manager, and enthusiastic energy systems modeller, as has managed many small-to-medium, and several large (> £1m) social enterprise projects.

In 2014 Vijay led Scene into the world of energy access - taking an interest in both the off-grid electricity and clean cooking sectors. This work was supported through various Innovate UK co-funded projects on the themes of off-grid energy and ICT, based in Chile, India and Tanzania. Work is now ongoing to commercialise these project outputs through Connected Energy Technologies, where he is Managing Director, and Farm-Hand, where he supported the development of the business as a Non-Executive Director until 2019.

Vijay stepped down as Co-Director of Scene in August 2021, but continues to provide strategic input.