Dr Samantha Hall
Dr Samantha Hall
Built Environment Consultant
 
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Is what you see all there is? The post Covid workplace
Is what you see all there is? The post Covid workplace

Is what you see all there is? The post Covid workplace requires a deep look into the needs of the workforce and strong awareness of pre-existing bias influencing decisions.

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Our unsustainable and unfair desire for being cool
Performance, Post-occupancy, HVAC
Our unsustainable and unfair desire for being cool
Performance, Post-occupancy, HVAC

Global demand for air-conditioning is climbing, rapidly. We are going to see another 4 billion systems installed by 2030. As global energy demand for air-conditioning increases how can we keep comfort equitable?

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Performance, Post-occupancy, HVAC
What do Opal Tower and Swiss Cheese have in common?
Smart Buildings, Technology, Post-occupancy, Performance
What do Opal Tower and Swiss Cheese have in common?
Smart Buildings, Technology, Post-occupancy, Performance

The Swiss Cheese Theory is a risk management approach for complex systems prone to human error. It’s often used for accident prevention, such as work safety. Layers need to line up to prevent failure. If something falls through one hole, it’s OK. Another layer will catch it and prevent issues. But if it falls through multiple holes, it can be catastrophic.

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Smart Buildings, Technology, Post-occupancy, Performance
Google architecture and what do you see? And what’s a building without people?
Google architecture and what do you see? And what’s a building without people?

Think about where you spend most of your day – home, your office, or university. How does this space make you feel? What do you love (or hate) about it?

Our buildings can help or hinder our health and productivity.

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Bring human-centred design to your workplace
Smart Workspaces
Bring human-centred design to your workplace
Smart Workspaces

When we think of health and wellbeing it is often exercise and diet that comes to mind, but the spaces you live and work in everyday also impact your health. We spend most of our days inside relatively unnatural spaces, and like the processed food we eat, they can be filled with unhealthy toxins.

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Smart Workspaces
Is collaboration killing our thinking time?
Smart Workspaces
Is collaboration killing our thinking time?
Smart Workspaces

People are spending less time thinking , creating and solving, and more time in meetings, on emails and reacting to day to day tasks. Have you designed thinking time into your workspace?

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Smart Workspaces
Riding the next Smart Buildings & Cities wave
Smart Buildings, Technology
Riding the next Smart Buildings & Cities wave
Smart Buildings, Technology

We have an explosion of big data in our cities and buildings. More than ever before we are going to be able to see all facets of how buildings and cities operate. Technology is emerging in an industry ripe for not just disruption, but massive improvements.

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Smart Buildings, Technology

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