Dr Clive Shrubsole, Public Health England

Indoor Air Quality guidelines for selected volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the UK

Clive is an Environmental Public Health Scientist within the Air Pollution Group at Public Health England. He supports work assisting national and local government to reduce the health effects of air pollution, providing expert research and advice on indoor and outdoor air pollution and interventions aiming to improve air quality.

Clive is an Honorary Senior Research Associate at UCL, responsible for creating the indoor air quality module on the MSc: Health Wellbeing and Sustainable Buildings. He is a committee member of the UK indoor Environments Group and on the editorial board of Buildings & Cities, a peer-reviewed research journal as well as numerous cross-government committees and groups.

Clive is author/co-author of 2 books, 15 published reports, and over 40 peer-reviewed papers, contributing to numerous international conferences. He is the recipient of two international awards and has over 40 years industrial experience with research on projects in the UK and overseas.

Nick Molden, AIR Alliance

Vehicle interior air quality, pollution exposure in the cabin and the opportunity for standardised ratings

Nick set up Emissions Analytics in 2011 in order to understand real-world fuel economy and emissions from vehicles, prior to founding the AIR Alliance in 2017. The concept was to find a way to characterise vehicles in a relatively short test, and be able to conduct a large number of comparable tests independently of government and the industry. The AIR Alliance uses this database to publish the AIR Index rating of the cleanliness and efficiency of vehicles across Europe and the USA.

Nick is chairman of the European standardisation CEN Workshop 90 on collecting real driving emissions data, which has led to the publication of the AIR Index by the AIR Alliance, of which he is a co-founder. He is also chairman of CEN Workshop 103 on standardising the collection of vehicle interior air quality data, with a particular focus on particle ingress and carbon dioxide build-up.

Jenni Lehtinen, WSP Finland Oy

VOC emissions from different construction materials and their effects on indoor air quality

Jenni works as a chemist and a team leader in an accredited Finnish Indoor Air Quality Laboratory. She has studied VOCs since 2002 and her field of research has included airborne VOCs and VOC-related odours in different environments and areas of industries, as well as the occupational hygiene and health aspects of VOCs.

Currently her research interests in laboratory work include also analytical chemistry and VOC emission studies on indoor materials using test chambers and cells.

Chris Rush, Hoare Lea

Indoor Air Quality monitoring in an office

Chris is a Consultant and Air Quality Group Lead at Hoare Lea. His diverse portfolio of experience includes air quality assessments on a range of projects from initial site feasibility, through planning and development to construction and operation. Along with work at the planning stage, including Environmental Impact Assessments, he has more recently been involved in the testing and assessment of indoor air quality (IAQ) and furthering understanding of how building design contributes to IAQ in the detailed design stages and operation.

Chris has previously been closely involved with the IAQM Early Career Group Committee, a member of the IAQM IAQ working group, an IAQM committee members and also a member of the CIBSE working group. He is a Chartered Environmentalist and has an MSc in Air Pollution Management and Control.

Mark Harber, Hoare Lea

Design solutions to mitigate apartment overheating

Mark is a Chartered Engineer with the IMechE and has 15 years of experience operating as a Building Services Consultant. He is an Associate Director at Hoare Lea LLP and leads one of the multi-disciplinary teams in our London Office. His experience in the residential sector is varied and ranges across high-end / high rise developments, private rental schemes and affordable residential accommodation on behalf of housing associations.

Apartment overheating has gained a significant amount of attention within the industry and has been more recently seen as a critical performance measure against providing good quality housing. Mark’s involvement in a number of residential projects has meant that he has gained an in depth knowledge of the challenges faced in mitigating apartment overheating and is keen to share some of his design solutions.

Stuart Upton, BRE

Ingress of outdoor air pollution into buildings

Stuart is a Senior Consultant at BRE, with over 40 years’ experience in air pollution and related areas. He has produced >250 publications, including practical industry guidance, peer-reviewed papers and client reports in the UK and internationally. He has run numerous complex experimental programmes including: investigating the ingress of air pollutants into buildings; measurement of air pollution in homes, schools, offices, hospitals and aircraft cabins and flight decks; ventilation measurements in various environments; testing/development of ambient/personal aerosol samplers and dust/flux gauges.

Peter Walsh, WSP

Air Quality in and around Central London Schools and Nurseries

Peter is a Technical Director at WSP, specialising in indoor air quality and air quality monitoring, with 28 years’ experience in sampling and analysis of environmental contaminants, including monitoring dioxins and furans in challenging environments.

Peter has operated in regulatory roles on the emissions from industrial process, including enforcement of conditions on air quality, odour management and abatement. He has establishing new air quality monitoring networks, both in the UK and overseas, and prior to joining WSP, Peter has been a local authority air quality scientist, an environmental analyst at a Public Analysts, and even helped establish a soil laboratory in the Himalayas.

Peter lead a second-hand smoke in prisons study which lead to the banning of tobacco smoking in prisons, and was part of the WSP team auditing and monitoring air quality at central London schools and nurseries, influencing the GLA future policy on air quality around educational establishments. 

Dr Clare Perkins, Arup

Indoor Air Quality & materials at the Television Centre Redevelopment

Clare is a Materials Scientist in the Arup Materials Consulting, with 25 years of experience in providing materials advice to both Arup worldwide and external clients. She specialises in functional construction materials, failure investigations and testing, and all aspects of their environmental impacts. Functional materials are widely used, may not have high visual or structural impact, but none-the-less play an essential role in building performance. They include passive fire protection, waterproofing, insulation, flooring materials, board products, plastics and adhesives. She helps designers select and specify appropriate materials and undertakes failure investigations.

Clare has worked on a wide range of projects on the sustainability of construction materials, including materials that are responsibly sourced, have low impact, are healthy and safe and resource-efficient. She has particular experience in the field of healthy materials which is growing rapidly due to increasing interest in health and wellbeing of building occupants.

Dzhordzhio Naldzhiev, University College London

CIBSE TM 61. Total environmental performance and role of indoor air quality in design, construction and operation of buildings 

Dzhordzhio is a doctoral researcher at UCL IEDE. His work covers the relationship between indoor air quality, ventilation strategies and the energy performance of buildings. His work explores emissions (VOCs) from construction products and aims to provide a better understanding of retrofitted indoor environments.

Dzhordzhio is a Chartered Engineer, qualified Low Carbon Consultant with CIBSE and an accredited Passivhaus Designer. Prior to his doctoral programme, he worked in the private sector advising construction teams on energy efficiency, sustainability, and building performance. He is contributing towards guidance development on indoor air quality as a committee member of the CIBSE Air Quality Group, CIBSE Natural Ventilation Group, the UK Indoor Environment Group, and ASTM D22.05 Committee on Indoor Air Quality. 

Dzhordzhio is also currently working as Head of Science Strategy at the Office for Product Safety and Standards.  

Dr Vina Kukadia, Global Centre for Clean Air Research, University of Surrey

Providing quality indoor air for health, wellbeing and productivity: Concerns and issues

Vina is Research Development Manager, Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), University of Surrey.

Before that, she was Associate Director and Head of Air Pollution, BRE. Vina has over 25 years’ experience in research and consultancy in the fields of stack emissions, air pollution dispersion in urban areas, ingress into buildings, ventilation, indoor air quality and construction-related pollution. She has produced more than 250 publications, including practical industry guidance, pier-reviewed papers and client-reports, and contributed to the UK Air Quality Strategy, building regulations, and air quality plans.

In 1998, for her work on indoor-outdoor air pollution, Vina was awarded the John Edward Worth Medal from the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health for ‘outstanding work of a health-related nature in architectural, building and mechanical engineering’. She has won a number of awards for outstanding work, including, for her publication on ‘Ventilation for healthy buildings: Reducing the impact of urban air pollution’.