About

Who we are

Our Story So Far

Zurva was born out of ambition to support practitioners to accelerate their work to deliver warm retrofitted homes with lower bills, whilst securing social value on offer throughout the vital, inevitable and exciting transition away from using fossil fuels to heat buildings.

The team

Lewis Sharman

Lewis Sharman

CEO & Founder

Lewis has worked in roles challenging construction industry norms for nearly ten years.

Following climate emergencies called in 2019, he became enamoured by the retrofit problem. Drawn by the need of swift action, and the need for dramatic industry change to meet the scale of the retrofit challenge.

Before that, he enjoyed adventures as a musician, part of a likeminded community of bands who placed an emphasis on recording each other's music and exchanging opportunities to perform. Lewis carries an appreciation of collaboration and not waiting for others to do things for you.

Lewis is a qualified Retrofit Assessor and regularly performs assessments to make sure he keeps up with the everchanging retrofit landscape. He leads product design of Zurva, making sure it reflects the needs of practitioners, industry, homeowners and residents to alleviate information barriers to high quality retrofit at scale.

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Matt Maude

Matt Maude

CTO

Matt is a product and software professional with 20 years experience. He is passionate about developing software products the right way - focusing on solving problems and giving users well thought through tools.

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Dr Joanne Harrison

Dr Joanne Harrison

Surveying Advisor

Joanne advises Zurva on surveying practice, heritage context, and research-informed approaches to building assessment.

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