Alex graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Energy Engineering from South Bank University. He also has an HND in Building Services Engineering. Alex has Dual Chartered Engineer Status with the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (MCIBSE) and of Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers (MIGEM) and is a former member of the National Engineering Specification Advisory Board, where he wrote the Residential Work sections for the Industry Standard specification. Alex is currently on the Advisory Board for National Building Specification (NBS) where he is again helping to improve the NBS engineering content.