Kimari, Patrick

Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Kenya

Patrick is a registered Professional Engineer with Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK), member of Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK), a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and a licensed Class A energy auditor with Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC).

Patrick is the founding Director of the DeKUT Centre for Energy Studies (DeCES). Besides being the Director at DeCES, Patrick works as a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering at the Dedan Kimathi University of Technology. His brief includes delivery of lectures and tutorials, supervision of students’ projects, and carrying out university-supported consultancy work. His class lectures, tutorials, and supervision work are on energy management, renewable energy technologies, power plant engineering, and thermodynamics.

Patrick also consults for various institutions on energy projects feasibility studies, design, modeling & Simulation for various clients based on solar, wind, hydro, and biomass renewable energy technologies.  He also carries out all types of energy audits (benchmarking, walkthrough, general, investment, and simulation) for industrial, commercial, and residential facilities besides offering professional training in energy management and climate change.

Previously he worked for KTDA among other organizations. Professionally, he is a renewable energy/energy efficiency expert and has written a book on biomass cogeneration in Tea factories and has also authored several conference papers.