Practitioner Panel

Meet our practitioner panel who advise us on Briefing Notes for practitioners and policymakers. We make research accessible not only for academics, but also for the end-users of research: policymakers, practitioners, clients and occupants.

 

Ilari Aho

Ilari Aho

Uponor Corporation, FI
Cary Chan

Cary Chan

HK Green Building Council, China
Gary Clark

Gary Clark

HOK Architects, UK
Mike Cook

Mike Cook

Buro Happold, UK
Kira Gould

Kira Gould

Kira Gould CONNECT, US
Mina Hasman

Mina Hasman

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), UK
Christina Hoxie

Christina Hoxie

Hoxie Collective, US
Pierre Jaboyedoff

Pierre Jaboyedoff

Effin'Art, CH
Wangari Muchiri

Wangari Muchiri

Hivos Foundation, KE
Kate Simonen

Kate Simonen

Carbon Leadership Forum & University of Washington, US
Chris Twinn

Chris Twinn

Twinn Sustainability Innovation, UK
Ekaterina Tzekova

Ekaterina Tzekova

The Atmospheric Fund, CA
Elanor Warwick

Elanor Warwick

Clarion Housing Group, UK

Latest Commentaries

Mombasa City, Kenya. Photo: Sebastian Wanzalla

Brian Dean and Elizabeth Wangeci Chege (Sustainable Energy for All) respond to the Buildings & Cities special issue Alternatives to Air Conditioning and explain why thermal comfort is not only a construction industry problem to solve but needs to be placed in the policy agenda on global warming. Thermal adequacy is still not understood as an essential need for human survival and that governments have an essential role.

Image: Dedraw Studio, Getty Images

Tom Hargreaves and Nickhil Sharma (University of East Anglia) comment on contributions of the Buildings & Cities special issue Energy, Emerging Technology and Gender in Homes on the role of gender in technology development and the energy transition. This must be broadened further to social justice issues. A failure to do so risks fuelling resistance and pushback to new and emerging energy technologies. Three key avenues for future research and practices for a just energy transition and emerging technologies are set out.

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