Professor Fleming joined the Institute at its formation in 1994 and has a long history of working with Local Authorities in energy efficiency and renewable energy. Following his PhD in Applied Energy at Cranfield Institute of Technology, he worked for Islington Council and then for Leicester City Council. He was also an elected member of the Council of the Borough of Milton Keynes and worked for the OECD in the preparation of their publication Urban Energy Management; a handbook of good local practice.
He established the Institute’s MSc and short course programmes, introducing the successful distance learning mode of study.
His research focuses on energy efficiency, renewable energy and greenhouse gas emission reductions at the local to regional level. This includes the technical, non technical and public engagement factors. He has worked with the UK Sustainable Development Commission on large scale area based CO2 reduction measures and has been an advisor to the UK Local Government Association. He has held EPSRC, European Union regional and industrial contracts relating to local and regional energy management. He has published over 50 international journal and conference papers.
Internationally, Professor Fleming has worked with the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives and the German Marshall Fund of the United States of America. At the European level, he contributes to the Energy Cities network of environmentally and energy conscious cities and is a member of the Board of the Leicester Energy Agency. He is chair of the East Midlands Regional Assembly Energy Group and Chair of the Leicester Partnership Environment Programme Board Experts Group. |
Prof Paul Fleming