DANIEL KENNING
Daniel is an Engineer and a leading thinker on Sustainability; he has spent 25 years developing a new approach to using the tools of engineering thinking to address the wicked problems of UNSUSTAINABILITY, namely that the way businesses meet customer needs today cannot continue because of the changing external operating environment.
Daniel is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer (CEng), Chartered Energy Engineer (CEng), and Chartered Environmentalist CEnv). He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE), a Fellow of the Institution of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (FISEP), a member of the Energy Institute (MEI) and Distinguished Fellow of the Schumacher Institute (DFSI).
He gained his engineering and manufacturing experience as a New Product Development engineer at Ford, IAD and Visteon, where he was a recycling and design-for-sustainability specialist. He gained experience of sustainable construction and legislation as a Sustainability Consultant at Hoare Lea.
He has been dedicated to engineering and sustainability since 1996.
He has extensive experience as an independent consultant on a wide range of projects and clients. Daniel founded Splendid Engineering in 2001, co-founded the discipline of Transition Engineering in 2009, and co-founded GATE, the Global Association for Transition Engineering in 2013.
Global Association for Transition Engineering – GATE CIO
Daniel is co-founder and Chair of the Global Association for Transition Engineering, founded in 2014.
GATE is a global professional membership association which promotes the engineering that is needed to transition to a completely sustainable world.
- Registered GATE as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
- Registered GATE as the first Associate Body of SocEnv, the Society for the Environment, and secured the capacity to award Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) status to members.
Future Climate – Engineering Solutions, FC-ES.
Daniel led the “Future Climate – Engineering Solutions” project as elected chair for 2 terms, a global alliance of professional engineering associations working to develop and share best practice in the creation of national energy and climate plans.
- Expanded the global network to 23 countries.
- took the engineering message to COP18 and COP19 meetings of the UNFCCC
- Introduced the Energy Hierarchy concept to the project.
- Introduced Transition Engineering tools.
IMechE Energy Environment and Sustainability Group – EESG
Daniel led the Group, comprising over 20,000 engineers (when he was in post) and a Board of 18, for two terms. Among the outputs of the group during this time:
- The very first “Engineering for Sustainability” Seminar described by a participant as “one of the best seminars I have ever been to”.
- Retention for IMechE of the capacity to award Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) status to members.
- Representation of IMechE members on the Board of the Society for the Environment, SocEnv.
Splendid Engineering Ltd
Leader in Transition Engineering Since 2001.
Daniel founded Splendid Engineering in 2001 first as a Sole Trader, and as a Ltd Company since 2021.
Daniel coined the term Transition Engineering in 2009.
Splendid started as a way to apply the engineering tools learnt at Ford to address the problem that the way most organisations meet their customers needs is not sustainable, it cannot continue.
Daniel developed ways of addressing whole-system change to deliver continuity and prosperity instead of just compliance: to deliver MORE GOOD instead of LESS BAD.
Splendid Engineering Ltd can help all organisations respond much better than just complying with green legislation.
Daniel has spoken at many conferences, seminars, and in the context of his teaching work, and he is available to speak at your event. He is especially good at explaining complex challenges and solutions in clear understandable terms, enabling people to think differently about the world around them and to thus see differently and see solutions that were previously unseen Motivating people to take action to make the world better.
I would have no hesitation in recommending companies (of any size), organisations, associations and clubs to engage this amiable and animated speaker to tailor a presentation to their audience. This sort of knowledge is compulsory to our understanding of what to do, and why we need to do it, and should be aired every evening on TV until it sinks in.
Councillor Robert Mitchell, Braintree District Council, member of the Essex Partnership for Climate Change
Daniel is a hugely knowledgeable, engaging and inspirational speaker on his subject area and I was left with a strong desire to continue with my investigation into this area with support from Daniel’s business, Splendid Engineering
Tom Muirhead, Managing Partner, Town integrated creative agency.
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