Aedas R&D

Jamie Bull

Aedas - UCL Researcher

Jamie joined Aedas in October 2010 as an EngD student within Research and Development, studying the decision-making processes involved in whether to refurbish or replace buildings.

Prior to joining Aedas, Jamie worked for 4 years as a self-employed consultant, carrying out sustainability research into anything from as the embodied carbon of housing refurbishment to national energy strategy for charities, public and private sector organisations. He also specialised in creating renewable energy strategies for major housing developments, and wrote a book on small scale wind turbines.

Before entering the world of work, Jamie studied for an MSc Arch in Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies, graduating in 2007. For his thesis he created a tool for finding the optimal levels of insulation when using natural or petrochemical materials, and has an on-going interest in assessing the trade-offs made in sustainable design.

Esfand Burman

Aedas - UCL Researcher

Esfand joined Aaedas as a Research Engineer in September 2010. He is currently working on the Building Design and Performance Research Programme, a joint research programme between Aedas and University College London, with special focus on Energy Performance of School Buildings.

Having done his undergraduate and post graduate studies in mechanical engineering at KNT University of Technology (BSc, Iran) and Sharif University Technology (MSc, Iran), he carried on his postgraduate studies at Nottingham University where he accomplished his Master of Science degree in Manufacturing Engineering & Management in 2006.  He then practiced as a building services mechanical design engineer and energy and sustainability consultant in London before joining Aedas in 2010.

Esfand is a registered Low Carbon Consultant with the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) and LEED AP with the US Green Building Council. His research interests include energy performance of buildings, post occupancy evaluation, thermal modelling, and low carbon HVAC design.

Sophie Chisholm

Researcher

Sophie joined Aedas | R&D in July 2010 after leaving Oxford Brookes where she was awarded her Part II in Architecture and a Masters in Sustainable Building; Performance and Design with Distinction.

Previous experience includes a year and a half in the residential sector, RIBA work stages A-M. Special areas of interest and research throughout her studies include post occupancy evaluation, embodied carbon and design for deconstruction, which was the subject of her thesis.

Sophie is currently working on the CarbonBuzz platform dealing mostly with stakeholder engagement and interface development. She just recently returned from the PLEA 2011 conference in Brussels where she presented a paper on ‘Tracking Design and Energy Use’. She is also part of the Building Performance Evaluation team which is working on a number of government funded case studies.

Cynthia Duku-Asamoah

Team Assistant

Judit Kimpian

Director of Sustainable Architecture and Research

As Director of Sustainable Architecture and Research, Judit excels in developing designs that take advantage of computational techniques to maximize sustainable value.

Her approach to quantify, visualise and manipulate the spatial, environmental and financial relationships that drive designs has formed the foundation of the practice’s Sustainability Strategy, captured in the industry-recognised Aedas Green Book. The methodology she developed for benchmarking and monitoring building energy use from briefing to completion has provided the basis for her collaboration with the RIBA and CIBSE to recognize Carbon Conscious Practices through a national Carbon Monitor scheme, CarbonBuzz.

She has built a team of specialists who bring advanced form-finding and sustainable construction methods to the design process. Her team has participated in over 50 projects from small scale residential to masterplanning.

Judit is a regular speaker at national and international conferences on Advanced Modeling and Sustainable Design.

Josh Mason

Former member

Greig Paterson

Aedas - UCL Researcher

Greig joined Aedas in 2010 in collaboration with University College London where he is currently a doctoral candidate. His research explores advanced modelling techniques at the early stages of design, utilising performance data and environmental simulation as architectural design drivers.

In 2008, Greig graduated with distinction from The University of Strathclyde’s Department of Architecture, where he completed a MEng in Building Design Engineering, specialising in environmental design. During his studies and upon graduation, he worked for Buro Happold’s Computational Simulation and Analysis team (CoSA) in New York and Glasgow, working on a range of international buildings across several sectors.

Greig is also currently completing a MRes in Adaptive Architecture and Computation at The Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, University College London, where he is exploring some of the areas that will inform his doctoral research, including generative design techniques and interactive architecture.

Dan Rigamonti

Former member

Craig Robertson

Former member