Our Story
Ecospheric focus on pioneering eco developments that save carbon and drive technological change.
It's not only what excites us, but also offers valuable case studies to progress the field of sustainable construction.
Over the last decade we have helped hundreds of home and business owners form holistic renovation plans enabling them to reduce bills and maintenance costs whilst improving the comfort and health of their internal environment.
Today, our team and expertise has grown to include our own developments as well as support to architects and developers in delivering specialist eco projects, such as paragraph 55/79 applications and certified passive houses.
We're also passionate about sharing our knowledge and offer a range of CPD courses, tours, and events.
Our work in sustainable building has led us to become a supplier of energy efficient glazing.
Ecospheric Windows and Doors can meet the needs of any complex glazing project, enabling incredible flexibility and performance for a reasonable cost.
Our Team
Kit Knowles
Director, Ecospheric Developments, MEng
Kit has more than 10 years experience in sustainable construction. He is passionate about finding solutions to our world’s energy crisis and reducing the human impact on our environment. With a masters degree in Chemical Engineering and a background in the pharmaceutical and petrochemical industries, Kit brings practical knowledge in heat transfer and technology integration to the retrofit market. He is well known in the industry; guest lecturing, sitting on panels and acting as adhoc energy consultant on broadcasts with the BBC.
kit.knowles@ecospheric.co.uk
Ellie Knowles
Finance & Operations, Ecospheric Windows, BSc, MCIPS
Ellie completed the Barratt Homes graduate scheme before joining their procurement team and achieving her chartership. Experienced in sourcing and managing a wide range of construction related contracts, she joined Ecospheric to spearhead the development of the window business.
ellie.knowles@ecospheric.co.uk
Ben Riddle
Technical Design & Project Management, Ecospheric
Windows Sales, Service & Installation, Ecospheric Windows & Doors
Ben has 9 years' experience as a project engineer in the food manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries, gaining Chartered Engineer status in 2016. He shares Kit's passion for reducing human impact on our environment, and joined Ecospheric in April 2018 to be a part of the solution. Ben has considerable experience in project management and M&E design.
As part of the Ecospheric team, Ben is focused on technical design and project management. Examples of this work includes design and modelling low energy buildings in the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP), designing Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) systems, hot water systems and space heating systems. Ben is a Certified Passive House Tradesperson.
Ben also manages windows sales, service and installation. If you are interested in ordering Ecospheric's high performance windows, or just want to learn more, please contact Ben.
ben.riddle@ecospheric.co.uk
Neil Buttery
Office Manager and Accounts, Ecospheric
Community Liaison and Business Development, Levenshulme Sorting Office Project
Neil is a chef and food blogger who specialises in British food from a historical perspective. Neil developed an obsession for cooking and writing about British food while completing his PhD in evolutionary biology. Neil manages office administration and finance for Ecospheric. He is also developing the business concept for a zero waste food hall in Levenshulme's former Sorting Office building. If you have a non-building related query regarding this project, please contact Neil.
https://www.facebook.com/levenshulmesortingoffice/
https://twitter.com/Lev_Sorting_Off
neil.buttery@ecospheric.co.uk
Russell Selby
Site Manager, Ecospheric Developments, MEng
Russell is a certified Passivhaus designer and CITB site manager. He attained a masters in civil engineering at university and spent 5 years cycling 61,000 km around the world. Russell is passionate about sustainability and will be overseeing the building work for our Sorting Office food hall development as well as project managing our other developments.
russell.selby@ecospheric.co.uk
Tiffany Chong
Marketing and Communications
Tiffany joined Ecospheric after a career in radio production for Canada's national broadcaster. She manages marketing and communications for Ecospheric Developments and Ecospheric Windows. If you are a media outlet looking for more information about our company, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
tiffany.chong@ecospheric.co.uk
Our Building Team
Back row: Lee, Gaz, Colin. Front row: Kit, Dave, Karol
Membership & Affiliations
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