Dr Simon Hatherley

• Qualifications:BSc (Hons), BArch, MSc, PhD, RIBA, ARB, AMEI
• Position:Senior Lecturer
• Department:FET - Architecture and the Built Environment
• Telephone:+441179656261
• Email:Simon.Hatherley@uwe.ac.uk
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About me

Simon is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture. He an Architect and Researcher with a specialism in the design and delivery of low carbon, net zero and sustainable buildings and places.

Simon has 20 year post qualification industry experience working for various practices in the UK including AHMM, Scott Brownrigg, HLM, Shepheard Epstein Hunter and Lathams. Simon is a member of the RIBA, registered with the ARB, an Associate of the Energy Institute and a Certified Passivhaus Designer. 

Prior to joining UWE Simon was in AHMM’s Building Performance supporting the delivery of the net zero carbon projects by the practice and redeveloping their processes to support the design and delivery of net zero carbon projects. This was a role that followed the successful delivery of the outcomes of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) research project which examined approaches for delivering large scale net zero carbon buildings. 

His other industry roles include several years as a Project Architect at Scott Brownrigg where he was involved in the delivery of major urban developments in London, Cardiff and Moscow. At Scott Brownrigg he was engaged in practitioner research for Welsh Government where he, as part of team which included Cundall and Gleeds, he was engaged as a consultant to the Welsh Government investigating opportunities to reduce recurrent costs, energy consumptions and carbon emissions in a new generation of Welsh schools developed as part of the Mutual Investment Model (MIM) programme through an investigation of the performance of schools built under previous school development programmes.

Area of expertise

Simon has expertise in the design and delivery of large scale net zero carbon buildings. As a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Research Associate at UCL’s Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering Simon worked with the award-winning architecture practice Allford Hall Monaghan and Morris (AHMM) to examine routes for the design and delivery of net-zero carbon large-scale, urban, mixed use developments. Two of the outputs of this research were a guide for architects delivering net zero carbon buildings and an associated toolkit (link here).

Areas of expertise include the design of rural development and low carbon design. Simon’s PhD studies at Cardiff Metropolitan University, in 2010, examined approaches to delivering low carbon housing in rural areas of Wales. The research was undertaken as part of the Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarship where working with an industrial partner, Pembrokeshire Housing Association, he examined development models for low carbon housing in rural areas of Wales using semi-structured interviews, embodied energy analysis and dynamic thermal modelling. Another are of expertise is the design of housing in rural areas. 

Simon also has expertise in the design of educational spaces and has worked on the design of several schools in the UK. As part of a team that included the Engineers, Cundall, and the Consultants, Gleeds, I contributed to the development of technical standards for Welsh Government’s Mutual Investment Model (MIM), a £500M, 10-year, school building programme. Research involved: collecting data on, and reviewing, the performance of schools built through previous development programmes; identifying best practice using published data; engaging and interviewing academics researching school design and performance; communicating findings to stakeholders; and developing findings into performance-based requirements and processes for the delivery and management of new, net-zero schools in Wales.

Simon has used his expertise to contribute to several carbon reduction initiatives in the built environment including the UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard, New London Architecture Net Zero Expert Panel and the Royal Society of Architects in Wales Climate Group.

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