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The former boss of volume housebuilder Barratt, Mark Clare, has invested in energy efficiency consultant Enhabit and joined the firm鈥檚 board.

Clare (pictured), who was chief executive of Barratt until July last year, told 好色先生TV he had become a non-executive director and investor in the seven-strong firm to help grow the business.

The company was relaunched this week by housing minister Brandon Lewis at the RICS headquarters in London and rebranded from Green Tomato Energy to Enhabit.

Speaking to 好色先生TV, Clare said he plans to use his experience at the helm of the country鈥檚 largest housebuilder to help the SME grow after being impressed by its vision.

He said: 鈥淚 was approached as a potential investor and once I met the team, I was blown away by these enthusiastic young people doing the right thing.

鈥淏ut they didn鈥檛 have a lot of knowledge about growing a business, and that鈥檚 where I come in.

鈥淚n a small business like this, the requirements are much greater in terms of advice and support [as a non-executive director] but I鈥檓 more than happy to do that to help the business grow.鈥�

Enhabit has already secured work since it was set up a year ago, providing advice and project management for contractors, architects, buy-to-let landlords and housing associations, as well as individual clients.

It has also done work with the communities department on how small businesses can improve energy efficiency in their buildings, and has signed a commercial relationship with a specialist contractor to provide energy efficiency measures.

But Clare said the London-based firm will need to grow if it is to take on more work as the consultant is 鈥渁lready challenged with the work it has鈥�.

The firm does not work with housebuilders at the moment, but when asked if it could help housebuilders such as Barratt with improving energy efficiency of homes, he said: 鈥淭hey could do. The larger ones will usually have their own suppliers.

鈥淏ut certainly for the smaller housebuilders who can鈥檛 access that, who want to deliver better quality homes, there is an opportunity.鈥�