ABOUT
EcoPath Advisory is the independent industrial advisory practice of Sakis Palavratzis, supporting organisations with steam systems, thermal utilities, heat recovery, decision-condition questions and major energy decisions.
Sakis Palavratzis · CEng MIMechE · CEng MEI
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01 — EXPERIENCE
Sakis has held senior technical, commercial and general-management roles with TLV, Armstrong International and Spirax Sarco. This included serving as UK & Ireland General Manager and leading global services across 67 operating companies within a FTSE 100 industrial engineering group.
The work has involved industrial utilities, steam-system performance, service development, site support, commercial strategy and the practical realities of implementing change across different plants, organisations and markets.
SAKIS PALAVRATZIS
FOUNDER · ECOPATH ADVISORY
02 — THE PERSPECTIVE
A technically attractive solution can still fail because the operating assumptions, maintenance realities, commercial incentives or implementation sequence have not been tested properly.
Plant reality
How the site actually operates, including uptime, access, controls, water quality, contamination risk, maintenance capacity and operator workload.
Evidence before optimism
Whether the technical, financial and operational assumptions are supported by evidence rather than inherited from the preferred project narrative.
A decision people can act on
A clear view of what is practical now, what remains uncertain and what should happen next.
03 — DIFFERENT ROLES, CLEAR BOUNDARIES
Independent decision review
Testing assumptions, options and risks before significant capital is committed.
Focused site support
Addressing a defined steam, thermal-utilities, heat-recovery or operating-performance question.
Decision Condition Review
A short, fixed-scope engagement to close specific conditions identified during a Decision Integrity Review. EcoPath does not take over engineering, implementation, procurement or project delivery.
04 — PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
CHARTERED ENGINEER — INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
CHARTERED ENGINEER — ENERGY INSTITUTE
CERTIFIED ENERGY MANAGER
ESOS LEAD ASSESSOR
05 — WORKING STYLE
Engagements begin with the question that needs answering. The scope, evidence required, outputs, commercial basis and boundaries are agreed before work begins.
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Understand the plant before judging the proposal.
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State uncertainty rather than disguise it.
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Separate useful action from attractive theory.
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Write findings for the people who need to decide and act.
06 — INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
EcoPath is available for focused remote work, site assignments and project support across Greece, the UK, Europe and other international locations where the experience is relevant.
A short initial discussion is usually enough to establish whether EcoPath can add meaningful value.
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