Director
Nida Rizwan Farid is an aerospace engineer and energy efficiency consultant. She has led multi-million dollar projects for the Airbus A320, A330, A350XWB, A380 and Bombardier’s CRJ aircraft. She has also worked extensively with wind farm development and management, energy policy and gas turbine combustion in North America and Europe. Ms. Nida is passionate about spreading energy efficiency awareness in Pakistan and elsewhere, and co-authored the Integrated Energy Plan for Pakistan. Her projects include Pakistan’s first comprehensive Energy Flow Diagram, savejoules.com, a comparison website of appliances based on electricity consumption, energy efficiency awareness campaigns, as well as energy audits for commercial and industrial customers. She has an SB in Aerospace Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an MS in Mechanical Engineering from ETH Zurich, specializing in aircraft engines and gas turbines.