About the author
Tom Dollard
BArch DipArch ARB RIBA
BArch DipArch ARB RIBA
Tom is an Architect and Head of Sustainable Design at Pollard Thomas Edwards (PTE). Tom works across the practice to promote a sustainable approach to all projects and to provide project teams with the requisite awareness, training and support. Tom is also directly involved with PTE’s projects, especially low-energy schools and housing. He was project architect on some of PTE’s most sustainable schemes including Virido Concept House, Highbury Quadrant and Cygnus E-Smart modular housing.
After studying architecture and sustainable design at Newcastle University and University of East London, Tom worked as an architect for Cullinan Studio and Unit One Architects, before joining Pollard Thomas Edwards in 2010.
He has a particular interest in practical solutions which ensure that the actual energy performance of buildings measures up to the design intent. His recent work for the Zero Carbon Hub includes writing the Builders’ Book and the Services Guide to address the performance gap in the delivery of energy-efficient homes, based on 21 case studies around the UK. Tom leads regular training days and events in sustainable design for the wider industry. He is a Director of the Good Homes Alliance and a core trainer for the Green Register of Construction Professionals. He has lectured in Environmental Design and the Universities of Cambridge, East London. He is a certified Passivhaus designer, BREEAM and Code for Sustainable Homes Assessor.
Tom leads the design and site review process for the UK Government’s ‘Building for 2050’ project which will set out the required steps to accelerate the uptake of low cost, low carbon homes.
Pollard Thomas Edwards uses practical experience and research to complement and inform one another. We contribute to best practice and debate through research, post-occupancy evaluation and public speaking. Recent publications have included the Builders’ Book, Services Guide, Superdensity, the HAPPI report and research into housing density, overheating, ventilation and the performance gap in homes.
As architects, we continue to create the whole spectrum of residential development and other essential ingredients which make our cities, towns and villages into thriving and sustainable places. www.pollardthomasedwards.co.uk
Eight Associates are Environmental Consultants, specialising in BREEAM Assessments, sustainability statements, renewable energy feasibility studies and energy modelling. Chris Hocknell and Yiota Paraskeva from Eight Associated produced the heat flux models and calculated the psi-values for the details in the book.
After studying architecture and sustainable design at Newcastle University and University of East London, Tom worked as an architect for Cullinan Studio and Unit One Architects, before joining Pollard Thomas Edwards in 2010.
He has a particular interest in practical solutions which ensure that the actual energy performance of buildings measures up to the design intent. His recent work for the Zero Carbon Hub includes writing the Builders’ Book and the Services Guide to address the performance gap in the delivery of energy-efficient homes, based on 21 case studies around the UK. Tom leads regular training days and events in sustainable design for the wider industry. He is a Director of the Good Homes Alliance and a core trainer for the Green Register of Construction Professionals. He has lectured in Environmental Design and the Universities of Cambridge, East London. He is a certified Passivhaus designer, BREEAM and Code for Sustainable Homes Assessor.
Tom leads the design and site review process for the UK Government’s ‘Building for 2050’ project which will set out the required steps to accelerate the uptake of low cost, low carbon homes.
Pollard Thomas Edwards uses practical experience and research to complement and inform one another. We contribute to best practice and debate through research, post-occupancy evaluation and public speaking. Recent publications have included the Builders’ Book, Services Guide, Superdensity, the HAPPI report and research into housing density, overheating, ventilation and the performance gap in homes.
As architects, we continue to create the whole spectrum of residential development and other essential ingredients which make our cities, towns and villages into thriving and sustainable places. www.pollardthomasedwards.co.uk
Eight Associates are Environmental Consultants, specialising in BREEAM Assessments, sustainability statements, renewable energy feasibility studies and energy modelling. Chris Hocknell and Yiota Paraskeva from Eight Associated produced the heat flux models and calculated the psi-values for the details in the book.
