Get to know the NuPlanet team
Hi, we are NuPlanet, a friendly diverse bunch, with a shared passion for improving how buildings perform and helping communities... whilst having a bit of fun on the way!
We would like to introduce our talented team, powered on good coffee, a passion to deliver efficient and practical solutions, and a drive to offer the highest level of service to our clients and project team.
We are here to help with your next project!

Charlie Murgatroyd - Director
Charlie is the founding Director of NuPlanet. With over 25 years in the construction industry and more than a decade providing low energy and sustainable design consultancy.
His knowledge and experience have helped project teams navigate the ever-evolving regulations, methodology and demand on the construction industry to deliver efficient and practical low carbon building solutions across projects of all types and size. He heads up building compliance at NuPlanet as well as being heavily involved with the retrofit side of the business.
Charlie has a strong interest in health and wellbeing and is a trained Mental Health First Aider (MHFA). His door is always open for anyone who feels like life is getting on top of them.

Ben Murdoch - Director
Ben is a Director at NuPlanet, with a background in architecture, a passion for all things Passivhaus and an attention to detail. He joined NuPlanet in 2021 to enhance services for low energy, sustainable designs for both existing and proposed residential and commercial projects.
Ben leads on building performance and is closely involved with organising and developing retrofit assessments and strategies for large scale residential portfolios, private clients, and commercial buildings. He is a leading member of Retrofit Adur and Shoreham, a not-for-profit that is looking to raise awareness and standards of residential retrofit projects across Adur & Shoreham.
Ben is putting the banks money where his mouth is by undertaking a deep retrofit of his own house, seeking to minimise the heating requirement, improve thermal comfort, and meet the EnerPHit standard.

Jo Deighton - Operations manager
Jo joined the management team at NuPlanet in 2022 to assist with the expansion of the business.
She brings over two decades experience in the built environment with a background managing local design and architecture studios and working freelance with developers, architects, planning and heritage consultants. Jo is also a community manager for the Brighton Architecture Diary.
Jo enjoys the variety of her role at NuPlanet which includes implementing new processes, HR and marketing. She is passionate about efficiency and has discovered that she particularly loves streamlining workflows by building and automating project management systems!

Rachel Newton - Building performance consultant
Rachel has been at NuPlanet since late 2023 when she joined the team as a building performance consultant. With over twenty years of experience as an architectural designer and technician, she brings an extensive skillset and a wealth of built environment experience to the team.
An excellent communicator with an eye for detail, Rachel supports a range of building compliance and retrofit projects in the office. She is heavily involved in the delivery of SHDF funded retrofit assessments and strategies to improve the energy performance of social homes in the UK.

Reza Rasekhi - Building performance consultant
Reza joined NuPlanet as a building performance consultant in the summer of 2024. His academic and professional experience in construction, architecture and quantity surveying provides him with a broad skillset that perfectly supports our range of work.
He is passionate about energy efficient buildings, reducing emissions and how these improvements can benefit our health, planet and finances!
Reza is primarily focussed on the delivery of SHDF funded retrofit schemes and also provides analysis to support our building performance projects.
Join the team
We love living and working by the sea, with our office located just a seven minute walk from the beach and a brief amble from Hove station.
We are always interested in hearing from likeminded people who could be a good fit to join our team, so please do get in touch if you think that might be you.
Please send enquiries to info@nuplanet.co.uk