She worked for many years within the building services sector developing research & disseminating information on passive design, resource efficient & clean technologies, healthy buildings and benign construction products & materials. She now works collaboratively with architectural, engineering, urban design and landscape practices to respond to the challenge of sustainable construction. 

She brings to the Board experience of small business practice, technical innovation and training in sustainable design in academic and professional contexts. She has in the past written a significant number of refereed papers for engineering journals and international conferences but is currently focussed on communicating and implementing best practice in sustainable design in Scotland and beyond. She is a past chair of the Scottish Ecological Design Association and a Director of the Children's Parliament.