Andrew Simmonds - AECB Annual Conference 2023 Presentation

Andrew Simmonds - Annual Conference 2023 Presentation.
Andrew Simmonds shares what the AECB is thinking and how this informs the AECB's focus in all that we do as an association. Book recommendations form a key part of his presentation and the information from these slides are available in the AECB knowledgebase: aecb.net/downl...
Andrew is part time CEO of the AECB. He is an ‘environmentally conscious’ architectural designer, working with Architect, Adele Mills.
Simmonds.Mills architects’ experience covers historic & contemporary buildings, innovative/traditional materials & the development of built environment energy efficiency solutions. They design sustainable low-energy domestic & non-domestic projects to AECB, Passivhaus & EnerPHit Standards and have completed several certified Passivhaus Buildings. This includes Andrew's family home in Hereford as an exemplar near-Passivhaus (EnerPHit) ‘whole house’ low energy refurbishment, monitored to check building environment performance & fabric condition since 2010.
Andrew leads the development of the AECB energy standards, design and construction guidance, the AECB CarbonLite Training Centre and the AECB low energy buildings database. He led the AECB team supporting the Technology Strategy Board’s ‘Retrofit for the Future’ competition, & worked with AECB colleagues, setting up the Passivhaus Trust to bring to the mainstream the work of AECB CarbonLite. He partly authored and tutors for the AECB online CarbonLite Retrofit training courses.
His approach to design and construction projects is increasingly informed by the idea that Sufficiency + Efficiency = Sustainability: a resource efficient, socially and environmentally responsible approach that is exploring what could be described as 'radical simplicity'.
He collaborates with experts and researchers to publish papers and articles, examples include: The Wood from the Trees - towards a culture of respect with Lenny Antonelli and with David Olivier on the AECB commissioned report ‘Less is More - Energy Security after Oil’:
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