Alastair has significant experience in the analysis of solar & heat pump water heaters and other clean energy technologies. He specialises in TRNSYS modelling and registration of these products to Australian incentive schemes such as the SRES (administered by CER), and the VEU and ESS (administered by ESC). Alastair leverages the power of optimisation code to yield the highest number of STC, VEEC and ESC certificates for your system.
Alastair excels at creating efficient engineering tools thanks to his exceptional mastery of TRNSYS and EXCEL software. He has expertise in mechanical engineering sciences including finite element analysis, computational fluids dynamics and transient system analysis.
2019-present: Became Director of EnergyAE
2015: Joined EnergyAE as Engineering Consultant
2014-2015: Master of Engineering – Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury
2013: Research Assistant at DARC Technologies, University of Canterbury
2012: Intern Process Engineer at Plant and Platform Consultants Ltd.
2011: Fabrication Internship at Kernohan Engineering Ltd.
2010-2013: Bachelor of Engineering – Engineering Science (BE (Hons) – First Class Honours), University of Auckland