Meet the Giants · No. 04
Managing Director
Miles leads Energy Giants, and has led retrofit programmes at scale across the UK for councils, housing associations and energy suppliers.
A short Zoom meeting, or a phone call if you prefer.
Miles SharplesManaging DirectorOn the job
What people don't expectMost of a programme happens before anyone picks up a tool: surveys, designs, letters to residents and sign off. That's where programmes are won or lost.
Quick facts
Written for LBV Hub
Energy Giants is a member of LBV Hub, the business network run by Lancashire Business View, where Miles writes on retrofit, housing and the trades.
LBV Hub member
19 October 2026 · OpinionVentilation must come first as Awaab’s Law widensMiles on why social landlords should design ventilation in before they insulate.Read on Lancashire Business View ↗ (opens in a new tab)
6 October 2026 · NewsEnergy Giants hires skilled trades as retrofit funding moves to local authoritiesWhy we are recruiting skilled trades as more retrofit funding is routed through councils.Read on Lancashire Business View ↗ (opens in a new tab)On the van radio
The tracks and bands Miles would put on for the drive to site.
More music on our songs about power page.
City of York Council, YorkOff gas whole house retrofit
Kirklees Council, West YorkshireCavity wall insulation for a council programme
Torentum Court, FleetwoodFifteen flat roofs renewed and insulatedCouncils and tier one contractors our team has delivered for
Councils
Tier one contractors
In Miles's words
Seeing a whole street finished and knowing every home was done to the same standard, with the paperwork to prove it.
Start with ventilation and a proper survey, not the insulation. Get the whole house plan right first and the measures look after themselves.
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