Mr Matthew Whalley | Renewable energy engineer/ Green Innovation Manager
Balwin Properties

Matthew Whalley is the Green Innovation Manager at Balwin Properties.
Matthew has BSc(Eng) Aeronautical and MSc(Eng) as well as being the founder of the first South African company to be accepted into Y-combinator the world renowned start-up accelerator based in Palo Alto, California. Having a background in aerospace he first looked at renewable energy around wind turbines and then moved into renewable energy and sustainability in general. He is passionate about implementing solutions which result in real world benefits from both for the developer and for the client.
As Green Innovation manager he has led the team getting green certifications at Balwin, these include:

• 9 GBCSA 6-star rated buildings
• 7 Net-Zero Carbon
• 30,000+ apartments registered for EDGE.
• 7500 EDGE certificates
• 7000 EDGE advanced certificates