Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham
Dr Lucelia Rodrigues is an Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment of the University of Nottingham, where her research and teaching have a strong focus on environmental design and sustainability. Having come from practice, her work has always been very cross-disciplinary, aiming to inform the sustainable practice of architecture and enhance the quality of the built environment. She is particularly interested in the resilience of communities and buildings in a changing climate and has been involved in several funded projects focused on different aspects of sustainability, particularly energy, behaviour and comfort, with a combined value of over £32M. She is the leader for the Sustainable and Resilient Cities research area across the University and a director of the Institute of Transport, Mobility and Cities. Dr Rodrigues also represents the University at various Nottingham City initiatives, such as the smart city working group and the Nottingham Green Partnership, responsible for developing Nottingham’s 2050 sustainable development targets.
Honorary Professor (Sustainable Development) at the University of Nottingham
Professor Ebbs is a chartered surveyor and specialist in developing sustainable places and buildings. He is responsible for igloo Regeneration’s activities in the Midlands and leads Blueprint, a partnership between Places for People Capital and Nottingham City Council with the remit of delivering sustainable developments. He is currently High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, a Governor of Nottingham Trent University, a trustee of Nottingham Contemporary, a member of the Bank of England Regional Panel (East Midlands) and a panel member of Opun’s Regional (East Midlands) Design Review Panel. Until recently Nick was also a director of Derwent Housing Association and Chairman of Centro Place Investments (Derwent’s Commercial Subsidiary) and often sits in design review panels for major projects and competitions. Professor Ebbs brings in several years of experience and real life projects to be tackled in our studio projects.
Chair in Sustainable Building Design at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of NottinghamProfessor Mark Gillott has over 24 years of teaching experience in low carbon sustainable energy technologies and sustainable building design. He is the research and project manager for the multi-award winning Creative Energy Homes low/zero carbon housing project, which incorporates a low temperature heat network and an electricity micro-grid. Professor Gillott’s work is widely published and he has presented numerous papers relating to his research at national and international conferences. He has been an investigator on a long list of research projects and has disseminated his research work internationally and nationally through television/radio media. His work has also been exhibited at the National Science Museum in London.
Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham
Dr Kiamba is an Assistant Professor specialised in environmental design and architecture at the University of Nottingham. She is an architect who has experience working on a wide range of projects and she also has practical experience in sustainability research. Her personal research predominantly revolves around the design of comfortable and healthy environments in and around buildings, regardless of climate, and with due regard to sustainable issues. In addition, she is and has been involved in large EU funded projects focused on energy, comfort and resilience. Dr Kiamba’s teaching focuses on environmental design and sustainability and stems from her conviction to improve the awareness of issues impacting the environment, and the actions that built environment professionals can take to improve and sustain it. She has experience working with students in all stages of their built environment degree programs, working to introduce and delve further into architectural and environmental design concepts.
Associate Professor and Head of Department at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham
Robin has a degree in Building from Heriot-Watt University and a PhD exploring sound transmission mechanisms through double walls. Post-doctoral work at the University of Hull applied this knowledge to aerospace structures on an EU-funded project that saw collaboration with SAAB, Fokker, DASA and Airbus. His research has since branched out into the wider area of building physics and the role played by simulation in the design process. Findings have been disseminated through over 100 conference and journal papers, he has assisted in the supervision of 20 successful PhD projects and he has helped secure funding for 18 research projects from UK research councils, the EU and industry. A passionate educator, Robin delivers technical and design modules at undergraduate and masers level, and is fascinated by the opportunities that exist in developing programmes of study that exploit opportunities for collaborative working across the disciplines within the built environment field.
Emeritus Professor (Bioclimatic Architecture) at the University of Nottingham, Director of Natural Cooling Ltd
Professor Ford is an architect and environmental design consultant who joined the University of Nottingham in June 2003, after 25 years in architectural practice and consultancy. He has specialised in the field of environmental design and natural cooling in particular and his experience in the design of naturally ventilated and passively cooled buildings in different parts of the world includes acting as consultant for the Sydney Olympic Stadium, Australia; Pittsburgh Convention Center, USA; Torrent Research Laboratories, India; Duxford 'AirSpace' Museum, UK, as well as theatres, offices and University buildings. Professor Ford's research experience includes over £3 million of funded projects on natural ventilation, passive cooling and daylighting. He is co-author of the revised ‘CIBSE Applications Manual AM10: Natural Ventilation of Buildings’ (2005) and of ‘The Architecture and Engineering of Downdraught Cooling: A Design Source Book’ (2010), and is currently working on a new book on natural cooling.
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