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Changing User Behaviour in Buildings

Thursday 24th March 2011, 10am - 4pm, Royal Statistical Society

Introduction

A collaborative event with around 70 participants from a wide range of disciplines sharing ideas and networking around user behaviour.

Understanding how occupiers and owners of buildings behave is a key step towards reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions from buildings and to developing successful sustainable buildings. BSRIA is leading the User Behaviour group for the Modern Environment KTN. 

Programme

09.30 Registration and refreshments

10.00 Gus Desbarats, TheAlloy and Creative Industries KTN Chairman's welcome

10.15 Dan Lockton (Brunel University) Using Design to Influence Behaviour in Buildings (PDF)

11.00 Coffee and networking                                                                                                                                              

11.30 Dr Tim Harries (Kingston University) - CHARM Project (PDF)                                                                                                                             

12.15 Luke Nicholson (More Associates) - How Real Time Energy Consumption Information Affects Occupant Behaviour

Each presentation was followed by table-based discussions - table discussion notes

13.00 Lunch and networking

14:00 New ideas sessions

Feedback from Energy Efficient Whitehall projects
1. Joanna Eley (Alexi Marmot Associates) People Power (PDF) 

2. Christine Taylor (Building Sustainability) Desktop Power Control (PDF) 

3. Salman Taherian (Globosense) SHAPER (PDF) 

4. Ian Barnes (Intergence) Visible Energy Reduction Trial (PDF)

Other presentations
5. Building Banter - Designing for sustainable energy behaviour, Chris Wright (Moixa Energy) [Presentation not available]


6. Dr Will Swan (University of Salford) Salford Energy House - A laboratory environment (PDF)

7. Hilary Dalke (Kingston University) Designing appropriate colour contrast into the built environment (PDF)

8. Michael Kohn (Slider Studio) Connecting office workers to FM teams (PDF) 

14.45 New Ideas session - Part 2: Networking and 1-1 discussions with New Ideas presenters and morning speakers

15.45 Chairman's summary and final Q&A -Gus Desbarats

14.00 Close

Speakers

Dan Lockton, Brunel University

Dan Lockton specialises in design for behaviour change for social and environmental benefit. He is currently a researcher at Brunel University, working on improving the energy efficiency of workplaces through user-centred design, alongside independent consultancy work.

*Image above by Dan Locton 

Dr Tim Harries, University of Kingston

Dr Tim Harries is a social scientist who specialises in understanding householder behaviours around climate change mitigation and adaptation. Previously at King's College London and the Flood Hazard Research Centre, he has extensive experience of working with practitioners and government policy-makers.

  

Luke Nicholson, More Associates

Luke Nicholson has been applying design to social and environmental issues for over a decade. A founder of four design-led social ventures, he now leads sustainable innovation practice More Associates and the recently established CarbonCulture. CarbonCulture is providing real-time energy and carbon reporting at a number of government departments and is running landmark behaviour change projects for Defra and DECC.

Joanna Eley, Alexi Marmot Associates 

Joanna Eley is an architect with over thirty years experience of strategies for space and facilities management. She specialises in offices, museum buildings and housing. She maintains an involvement in research projects and technical writing and has recently authored the RIBA Guide on Sustainable Buildings - The clients' role.

 

 

 Christine Taylor, Building Sustainability

Christine Taylor is Head of Research at Building Sustainability Ltd. Christine was responsible for developing Building Sustainability's proposal for the Energy Efficient Whitehall Competition.

Salman Taherian, Globosense

Salman was a senior researcher at the University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory, and worked on numerous projects in transportation, healthcare, and energy. He founded Globosense when he realised a lot can be done for climate change through appropriate usage of existing technology. He has since been helping many corporates to optimize their energy use and business processes.

Ian Barnes, Intergence

Ian Barnes has worked for Intergence Systems for nearly 5 years and leads their Sustainability Practice. Ian has formerly worked for the European Commission and UNEP in the field of wildlife and environmental protection. His current role is to identify new IT solutions to reduce energy consumption in the built environment.

Chris Wright, Moixa Energy

Chris heads up Moixa's Engineering and Design Operations, and brings over 15 years experience in Product Design, System Architecture and Energy efficient technology. He leads the team developing the Moixa Home Energy Server DC microgrid technology and leads the cross-disciplinary Building Banter team. In a previous life Chris was an architect working for Norman Foster.

Will Swan, University of Salford

Dr. Will Swan is the Manager of the EPSRC Funded Salford Centre for Research and Innovation, leading the work around housing and energy. He is also a member of the Energy Hub team responsible for the development of work around the retrofit agenda, including the Salford Energy House. He has a number of projects in the behaviour area looking at a range of adoption, process management and in-use issues connected with the retrofit of domestic properties.

Hilary Dalke, University of Kingston

Professor Hilary Dalke is a leading designer and consultant in the field of vision impairment, well being, environmental and sensory design. She is the founder of CROMOCON Ltd - the only supplier of a contrast specification system. Her advice as a design consultant is sought by architects, manufacturers and developers worldwide and her research experience ensures that colour, design and lighting are used inclusively and creatively throughout the built environment and product design.

Michael Kohn, Slider Studio

Michael Kohn is a chartered architect, founding director of Slider Studio and co-founder of its internet software spin off, StickyWorld. Michael's expertise lies in the realm between real world architecture, design processes and web software. Michael has led numerous collaborative R&D projects on behalf of Slider Studio, including the current YouCaretaker project with Arup, part funded by the Technology Strategy Board.

Contact Details

You can join the online User Behaviour group for more articles, events, and community discussions.

Please email clare.sinclair@bsria.co.uk for further information.

Delivery Partner

Chaired by Gus Desbarats and supported by the Creative Industries KTN Experience Led Innovation group.

About the Modern Built Environment KTN

 The Modern Built Environment Knowledge Transfer Network (MBE KTN) is a UK Government initiative. The project's key aim is to stimulate collaboration between research groups and the built environment industry in order to speed up technology development process and deliver practical innovations. Delivered by BSRIA,  Arup, BRE and CIRIA.