Mr. Chebor Brian Kiprop                

Qualifications

·        Master of Engineering in Engineering Management

·        Master of Science in Project Management

·        Certified Measurement and Verification Professional (CMVP)

·        Certified Energy Manager (CEM)

·        ISO 50015 Measurement and Verification expert

·        Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies – EDGE EXPERT

·        Bachelor of Science in Power Plant Engineering, Sugar Processing Technology

·        Certificate in Community led project management

Professional Status

·       Africa Energy Dialogues by World Resources Institute (WRI), chaired by SEA4ALL)– Technology and Infrastructure Consultant

Memberships

• Professional Engineering Technologist (P.Eng. Tech) – Kenya  Engineering Registration Technologist Board, Kenya (Nov 2022)
• Engineering Technologist (Eng .Tech) – Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK) Kenya (Nov 2022)
  Institution of Engineering Technologists (IET) of Kenya
• Association of Energy Engineers, Atlanta Georgia, USA
• Graduate Member with Engineering Institute of Technologist Kenya
• Technical Committee member at the Energy Management Awards committee with the Kenya Association of Manufacturer (KAM), Nairobi Kenya
• Association of Energy Professional Eastern Africa Chapter
• Class A Energy Auditor with Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority of Kenya
• Secretary to the Corporate Bank Limited’s Energy and Sustainability Committee

Profile:

Chebor Brian Kiprop is a professional Energy Project Manager, Licensed Class A Energy Auditor and with over 12 years’ experience in  project energy management and climate change with a demonstrated history of working in the, Renewable/Power Energy development( 50 kWp to 2MWp), renewable Energy, Battery storage systems, Budget Proposal/Business development, energy Access project management, Capacity building, operations, environmental projects, Energy Research, measurement and verification of Energy projects, Waste Management, Governance, Climate change advocacy/adaptation/mitigation. Skilled in AutoCAD, Microsoft Word, Microsoft excel, Microsoft power point, Microsoft project, water treatment and hydro Power Plants. Strong engineering professional.

Brian holds a double Master’s degree in project management and Engineering Management, a Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Certified Measurement and Verification Professional (CMVP), lead ISO 50015 auditor in measurement and verification systems, a member of Association Energy Professionals Eastern Africa (AEPEA) and Association of Energy Engineers, (AEE). Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies (EDGE) Expert with green building society in the USA and IFC.

Chebor Brian Kiprop have lead and co-lead Energy Access projects with the government and other development partners in developing and implementing  energy and Climate Change policies and programs in the energy sector and industry such as the rebate program with Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Industrialization and Trade, energy expert training curriculum with the Ministry of Energy, being part of the technical team in the development of the National Energy Efficiency Strategy with Ministry of Energy and key parastatals. As a team leader I worked with Kenya Association of manufacturers (KAM) in developing project funding proposals which were key in implementing policies and sensitizing the stakeholders via workshop, breakfast meeting with top leadership and management locally in Kenya and in East Africa region. I have also managed energy projects in Kenya and East Africa region worth more than 500,000$ in the past 5 years, sourcing funding and negotiating the energy performance contracting to actualize energy project adoption by the target facilities, working the national government of Kenya and Danish Government in implement projects and advocacy works in Kenya. I was working closely with ministry of Energy and industrialization and submitting all the project plans to the ministry for budgeting allocation.

His professional experience lies in the implementation of energy Access and Water audits and energy efficiency analysis, building management system implementation, the creation of Measurement and Verification (M&V) concepts, the planning and implementation of appropriate measurement technology, as well as the analysis and evaluation of the measurement results.

As part of the energy audits, he has also conducted over 150 energy and water audits, the investment calculations, financial analysis, the calculation of profitability and break-even calculation of energy efficiency measures including the financial indicators of the suggested optimization measures.