David Short
Lux Nova Partners
David Short at Lux Nova Partners leverages over 25 years of experience in commercial, technology, IP, data protection, and environmental law to advise businesses navigating the net-zero transition in matters ranging from clean energy projects to nature-based solutions.
Short has been instrumental in guiding two of the UK’s most significant biodiversity and nature restoration projects, the Wendling Beck Environment Project in Norfolk and Iford Estate in West Sussex. He also played a key role in developing GE Capital Real Estate’s sustainability programme, is an assessor for the Green Heat Networks Fund, and provides strategic advice to industry bodies including the Better Buildings Partnership (where he sits on the steering group for the Green Leases Working Group), Renewable Energy Assurance, and the Green Finance Institute.
A thought leader in the sustainability space, Short is also a member of the Green Finance Institute’s Zero Carbon Heating Taskforce, and serves pro bono as sustainability and climate change adviser to the Wessex Multi Academy Trust. He helps guide the Trust’s leadership in the development and implementation of its sustainability strategy, mentoring grassroots Eco Leaders across 12 schools in Dorset.