Dr Alan Harries
Course Lecturer, Tutor
Alan is a Director of Integration Consultancy Ltd which provides building services and environmental design engineering (www.integrationUK.com). He has twenty-years’ experience spanning sustainable building and energy design, development, implementation and post-occupancy evaluation. Throughout his career he has worked on several of prestigious developments such as one of the first BREEAM “Excellent” buildings, The National Assembly of Wales with Rogers Stirk Harbour, and the first BREEAM “Outstanding” educational building the London School of Economics Student Centre as well as major international developments such as Central Market and the Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi with Foster and Partners. He has studied the real-world energy performance of large commercial buildings and carried out numerous energy audits for clients such as the Crown Estate. He has a 1st Class Degree and PhD in engineering, is a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) and a member of the Energy Institute (MEI). He was the lead author of the Urban Wind Energy book and the journal paper: “London 2012 Velodrome – integrating advanced simulation into the design process”. The main industry body, CIBSE, now use examples of his project work to exemplify best practice building simulation in their industry guides. He has been involved with the AA, providing lectures and tutoring support, for 15 years.