With specalist knowledge on building construction, low energy buldings and environmentally friendly materials, Pat is an experienced architect with over 35 years experience. He collaborates with the GSE as a seminar and practical studies tutor for their modules.

Pat has been closely involved with the Centre for Alternative Technology in the design and development of: ultra-low energy buildings, passive and active solar heating systems, photovoltaic roofs, benign building materials and technologies, co-operative ways of building and healthy internal environments.

Elsewhere in the country, Pat has been developing ecological timber frame designs for the self-build housing sector.

Qualifications

Diploma in Architecture (Kingston)
Registered Architect: ARB registration no. 043023D

Teaching Activities

Seminar tutor. Practical Studies Tutor.
Specialist lectures on Building construction, low-energy buildings, environmentally friendly materials.

Research Interests

Sustainable design and build

Publications

‘Out of the Woods’ – Ecological Design for Timber Frame Housing. CAT and WSSBT 1994
‘The Whole House Book’ 1998 CAT, 2nd Edition 2005
CAT Publications ‘ Environmental Building’, ‘Buildings’ and ‘Solar Energy’.
Contributions to ‘ The Passive Solar design Aid’ European Commission 1995
Environmental Code of Practice’ BSRIA 1994