Kit Oung

I am an energy and resource efficiency practitioner, consultant, trainer, and author on the subject of energy and resource efficiency; operational excellence, and triple bottom line.

With more than 24 years of experience, I have a unique ability to understand technical and managerial challenges, work with different stakeholders, manage multi-disciplinary projects, identify opportunities for improvements, and troubleshoot performance deficits.

I consult extensively with businesses, both commercial and industrial companies across five continents, with a focus on energy and resource efficiency; environmental management, health and safety, operational excellence, triple bottom line, and reporting and communicating complex and technical subjects into a clear, meaningful and simple-to-understand business case. Recent engagements focused on public sectors, life science, manufacturing, professional sports, media, and luxury retail.

I am the author of People, Planet, Profits: Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Business Strategies (BEP, forthcoming in 2022), Energy Management in Business: The Manager’s Guide to Maximising and Sustaining Energy Reduction (Gower, 2013), and co-author of Best Practices and Case Studies for Industrial Energy Efficiency Improvement (UNEP, 2016), and the technical review of ISO 50001: Energy management systems – A practical guide for SMEs (ISO, 2015)

I hold a M.Sc.(Eng.) in Environmental and Energy Engineering and B.Eng. in Chemical and Process Engineering with Fuel Technology from the University of Sheffield, and a General Management Programme certificate from Judge Business School, The University of Cambridge.

I serve on IChemE’s Congress, IChemE’s Energy Community of Practice, IChemE’s annual sustainability awards judging panel, UNIDO’s global energy management leadership awards judging panel, and take part in developing National, Regional and International standards. I chair ISO 14002-2 (current), ISO 50002 (current), PAS51215, EN16247-3, and participated in the development of ISO 14001 series, ISO 50001 series, and EN16247 series of standards.