Formerly managing director of the contracting business M S Frise, Mr Frise served as vice president of the Association in 2007/08, and was the first chairman of M&E Sustainability, a joint venture between the HVCA and the Electrical Contractors鈥� Association.
He was a founding director of renewables specialist Third Rock Energy and of energy consultancy Cyna, and subsequently general manager of the energy division of national contractor N G Bailey & Co.
He is a director of SummitSkills, the sector skills council for building services engineering, and has served on the CBI working group on the Carbon Reduction Commitment, the SME group of the Strategic Forum for Construction and the Specialist Engineering Contractors鈥� Group鈥檚 working group on the development of integrated construction teams.
Commenting on his appointment, Mr Frise stressed that he had learned at first hand the key role building services engineering contractors could play, and were playing, in the creation of a sustainable built environment.
鈥淚 am delighted, therefore, to have this opportunity to assist in further enhancing the skills and competence of HVCA members in a sustainability context, and in promoting their expertise in the delivery of integrated energy systems,鈥� Mr Frise added.
鈥淒avid Frise is widely acknowledged as one of the true visionaries of the building services engineering sector, and a pioneer in the use of renewable technologies,鈥� commented HVCA deputy chief executive Roderick Pettigrew.
鈥淗is appointment further underlines the Association鈥檚 deep commitment to the sustainability agenda 鈥� and to the provision by its members of low- and zero-carbon systems and solutions.鈥�
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