Leisure Energy has appointed former Business Development Director for Places for People Leisure Management Ltd (PfPLM) Tim Hewett as part of a company expansion.

This new role at Leisure Energy will see Tim utilising 39 years’ experience within the leisure sector to help leisure operators to make significant savings by strategically managing energy more effectively.

As the second highest overhead for leisure operators, the bespoke installations provided by Leisure Energy maximise building performance and tackle energy wastage, which leads to significant savings, operational efficiency and environmental sustainability.

Tim moves from PfPLM, formerly DC Leisure after 20 years as Business Development Director for the leisure management company. Tim was instrumental in growing the number of local authority leisure management contracts from four centres in 1994 to over 120 when he left in July.

Tim also undertook a key role in the management buyout of DC Leisure along with two fellow directors in 2003. He became an Executive Director on the main board after acquisition.

He has sat on a number of industry boards including The Royal Institute of British Architects panel of leisure experts, as a director of the main board of ukactive in its former guise Fitness Industry Association and the Chartered Institute for the Management for Sport and Physical Activity when it was operating as the Institute of Leisure & Amenity Management.

Tim has a specific interest in assisting businesses, particularly those in early growth stages and wanting to provide services to the UK leisure market and said “I am looking forward to working with the Leisure Energy team to investigate and formulate strategies to grow their business, particularly as they have an in-depth and scientific understanding of monitoring, controlling and reducing consumption. Together we are aiming to transform the way leisure centres look at energy usage and become active energy managers. There is so much opportunity for centres to do better. Our vision is to become the leading organisation for energy reduction in the leisure industry”.

Leisure Energy has scooped an award at Constructing Excellence Awards 2016 London and South East.  Along with sister company, Clarkson Alliance, the two organisations based in Oxford, are the only Oxfordshire based companies to win awards in the London and South East ceremony held at Lancaster London Hotel in Hyde Park on Thursday 30^th June.

Leisure Energy was recognised for Whole Life category and Clarkson Alliance for Outstanding Customer Satisfaction and Leisure Energy.

Leisure Energy has utilised years of research and innovation in sustainability to deliver £70,000 of savings to a North London leisure centre.

The Whole Life Value category is awarded to organisations which consider all relevant costs when buying products such as installation and operation.  This principle is used to recommend the most economical products both in cost and energy efficiency.  Local authorities benefit from reduced utility bills at leisure centres through Leisure Energy’s robust processes of measuring and reducing energy. Leisure centres are able to reinvest savings to improve facilities whilst simultaneously reducing waste, lowering maintenance costs and creating a better environment for customers.

“Our customers are recognising the value of investing in their facilities in order to make real savings that improve the environment.  Once you demonstrate savings can be made with a quick return on investment, it’s easy for them to see the benefit to their centres, partnerships they forge with their operators and the community that use the facilities.  We’re not only delighted with the award but also that Constructing Excellence recognise the value of Whole Life Costing as it enables customers to make more informed decisions.” – Robin Roberts, Managing Director, Leisure Energy.