Building performance
Dynamic thermal modelling, UK compliance workflows, overheating assessment, operational-energy review and first-principles checks across fabric, systems, ventilation, gains and thermal comfort.
About Iko
Building performance, sustainability, low-carbon design and AI & data science with the limits kept visible.
Iko Tambaya is a UK-based professional working across building performance, sustainability, low-carbon design, AI and data science, with right to work in the UK. His work connects energy modelling, carbon evidence, environmental data and digital products, with attention to what the evidence can prove and what still needs judgement.
A cross-domain technical profile
Iko's foundation is in Building Technology and sustainable built-environment design, strengthened by an MSc in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. That mix shapes the work: physical building behaviour, data quality, model validation and technical communication are treated as connected problems.
Recent experience spans building-performance product development at Urbis Consulting, carbon and sustainability research with Eco Centre UK, building-emissions data work with Green Building Council Nigeria, and infrastructure delivery support for Kaduna State Government.
The thread is not novelty. Whether the output is an IES VE model, a dashboard, a carbon calculation or a machine-learning workflow, the assumptions and limitations need to be clear enough for someone else to challenge them.
Work with IkoCredentials snapshot
- MSc Artificial Intelligence & Data Science, University of Hull (2025)
- MSc Design & Management of Sustainable Built Environment, University of Reading (2021)
- BTech (Hons) Building Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna (2017)
- Domestic Energy Assessor Level 3 and Retrofit Assessor Level 4
- Graduate Member, CIBSE; Member, Green Building Council Nigeria
Public contact: info@ikotambaya.com
Capability
Tools and methods, used with context.
Sustainability and low-carbon design
GHG accounting concepts, activity-data structuring, DEFRA-factor analysis, BREEAM evidence, low-carbon interventions, retrofit assessment and net-zero scenario thinking.
AI and data science
Python and SQL analysis, sensor/time-series processing, machine learning where justified, model validation, Power BI/Tableau dashboards, reporting automation and live digital product delivery.
- IES VE, ApacheSim, DSM/SBEM, BRUKL, EPC, Part L, Part O, TM52 and TM59 workflows
- GHG Protocol principles, Scope 1-3 concepts, DEFRA conversion factors and carbon data validation
- Python, SQL, pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, TensorFlow/Keras, Power BI, Tableau, Excel and Power Query
- Requirements definition, Gantt planning, Earned Value Management, risk tracking and stakeholder reporting
Evidence
Selected work behind the profile.
Product development, 2025-present
BuiltIQ Adaptive
Building-performance product work exploring how building physics, operational data and carbon analysis can support clearer recommendations without hiding the assumptions.EKOLAY Team / University of Hull, 2025-present
StreamDash
Collaborative environmental monitoring platform presenting 15M+ readings from 303 sensors across six locations.MSc dissertation, 2025
Indoor environmental quality prediction
Hybrid deep-learning and optimisation framework using two years of sensor, weather and energy data across 15 building zones; final performance reached R² 0.94 and RMSE 0.25 on the studied dataset, not as a claim beyond it.UK housing and portfolio projects, 2025-2026
Energy, carbon and retrofit assessments
Completed lodged EPCs for five homes, two PAS 2035 retrofit assessments and simulated BREEAM/energy strategies for an 8,500 m² commercial office.Recognition
Awards, memberships and technical development.
- University of Hull Sustainability Design Competition Winner - EKOLAY Team / UPP Foundation (2025)
- Service Award - Green Building Council Nigeria (2024)
- Kaduna State MSc Scholarship (2020)
Technical development includes IES VE UK Compliance training, IES VE Summer School, One Click LCA courses for whole-life carbon and BREEAM LCA, and ASHRAE/USGBC high-performance building design training.