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Tom Fenton is a sustainable technologist and entrepreneur redefining how the built environment is measured, financed, and transformed. As CEO of Senze and VP of the Live Data Trust, he is leading the shift from assumption-based modelling to performance-driven, data-led decision-making across the built-environment.

Over the past decade, Tom has pioneered practical innovations designed to close the industry’s long-standing “performance gap.” He brought to market the first overnight, sensor- based thermal performance test for new buildings and has helped develop Senze into an end-to-end retrofit intelligence platform. Using digital twins and live building data, Senze evaluates real-world energy performance, diagnoses building health, and provides intelligent, investment-grade retrofit recommendations. His work challenges reliance on theoretical modelling, championing live measurement, transparency, and independently verifiable outcomes.

Most recently, Tom and Senze led a pioneering report with Lloyds Bank benchmarking traditional retrofit specification approaches against a data-led methodology. Independently verified, the findings demonstrate significant economic, social, and environmental benefits, and outline smarter, more cost-effective retrofit pathways capable of unlocking new funding models for social landlords. (www.lloydsbank.co.uk/retrofit)

He is also contributing to the evolution of equitable and transparent data-sharing frameworks across the building lifecycle, collaborating with the UK Government and UKRI on the development of one of the sector’s first federated data-sharing ecosystems, BEDSI (Built Environment Data Sharing Infrastructure) enabling collaboration while respecting data sovereignty and security.

Recently recognised alongside Bromford Flagship LiveWest, now one of the UK’s largest social housing providers, with the Most Innovative Housing Innovation Project award with Senze, Tom’s mission is clear: to build the data infrastructure that enables decarbonisation at scale, transforming retrofit from a compliance obligation into a measurable, investable asset class that delivers lower bills, healthier homes, and stronger communities.