An architectural technologist and partner in architectural practice EcoDesign, and managing director of both Dales Contracts Ltd and Dales Renewables Ltd. Peter studied at Leeds College of Building and Leeds School of Architecture, and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists. He is a qualified planning supervisor and a bench joiner, applying his practical knowledge and skills to the businesses. Dales Contracts became a member of the AECB in the association’s founding year of 1989 and Peter became an AECB trustee in 2003, holding the roles of Secretary to the Board, Treasurer & currently Chair & Company Secretary. Peter became a Passivhaus designer in 2009 and helped later that year set up the Passivhaus Trust (a wholly owned subsidiary of the AECB) and he represents the AECB on the board of the Trust.