Ian Pritchett BSc(hons) is Managing Director of Lime Technology Ltd., a company dedicated to pushing the use of traditional lime based building materials into the new build market, as ecological alternatives to cement based products.

Ian is involved in developing low energy building materials through research projects at Bristol, Bath and Bradford Universities.  These are centred around natural soils, clay, chalk and lime binders with natural aggregates and plant fibre reinforcement (e.g. unfired earth blocks or lime-hemp blocks).

Ian is an acknowledged expert in the field of traditional, low energy building materials and gives numerous lectures on the subject.  Lime Technology have been involved in supplying lime based materials to around 200 new building projects including the new Channel Tunnel Rail link Terminal at St Pancras Station, the new National Trust headquarters, the new Amnesty International office.  Other groundbreaking projects involving sustainable masonry include the new Adnams Brewery Distribution centre, constructed of lime and hemp as well as other social housing schemes.