EVENTS ARCHIVE up to December 2006
Adrian Leaman and Bill Bordass, Real performance vs. design intent: feedback on what really happens in buildings IDBE MSc course, Engineering Department, Cambridge University, 1.30-4.30 pm, 7 December 2006.
Bill Bordass, Assessment, benchmarking and improvement of buildings in use, Public meeting in diagnosis of energy performance in public buildings which will need to display energy certificates, CSTB, 4 avenue du Recteur Poincaré, Paris XVI, 10am - 5pm, 6 December 2006 Presentation graphics
Adrian Leaman, Human Factors: The Bottom Line, BIFM Advanced Course, Regency Hotel, South Kensington, 11:00-12:45 am, Wednesday 29 November, 2006 Presentation graphics
Bill Bordass, Energy and CO2 performance indicators and benchmarking, Sustainability Forum, DTI, Victoria, London, 27 November 2006, 10-12 am
Bill Bordass, Post-occupancy evaluation results and techniques, Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, Warwickshire, 10am-4pm, 8 November 2006
Bill Bordass, Energy and CO2 performance indicators and benchmarking, DCLG, Eland House, Victoria, London, 18 October 2006, 10am - 1pm and 2pm - 5pm
Adrian Leaman, Building Evaluation Research Methods, Undergraduate architecture group, Oxford Brookes University, Tues Oct 10, 2006, 12-1pm. Presentation graphics
Adrian Leaman, 'Green' buildings and productivity at work: good news and bad news, MSc in Energy Efficient and Sustainable Building, Oxford Brookes University, Tues Oct 10, 2006, 2-4:30 pm. Presentation graphics
Bill Bordass and Adrian Leaman, Post Occupancy Evaluation in Practice, Session at Tuning High Performance Buildings:Post Occupancy Evaluation and Commissioning, From 10:00am 13 July 2006, University of Westminster, Marylebone campus, room CG74 at 35 Marylebone Road, London NW1. Further details Presentation graphics
Bill Bordass, Nondomestic building energy certification and the Credibility Gap, Oxford Environmental Change Institute, Dyson Perrins Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, 11.30,Tuesday, 27 June 2006
Bill Bordass, Why Buildings Fail, Cibse, Balham, London. 14:15, Wednesday, 15 June 2006 Presentation graphics
Adrian Leaman, Post-occuancy evaluation, University of Newcastle, Certificate in Architectural Practice, Percy Building, 13:00-15:00, Friday, 12 May 2006 Presentation graphics,
Bill Bordass and Adrian Leaman, Building Performance Module by the Usable Buildings Trust for the UEL/CAT MSc Architecture course on Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies, Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, 18 April 2006 Presentation graphics
Bill Bordass and Adrian Leaman, Probe Seminar, NI Science Park, The Innovation Centre, Queen’s Road, Belfast, Friday April 7 2006, 09:30 to 13:00 Presentation graphics
Bill Bordass and Adrian Leaman, Using Light and Ventilation: Lessons from Probe and Post-Occupancy Studies Malone House, Barnett Demesne, Belfast, Thursday April 6 2006, 13:30 to 15:30 Presentation graphics
Adrian Leaman, Human Factors: The Bottom Line, BIFM Advanced Course, Regency Hotel, South Kensington, 11:00-12:45 am, Wednesday April 5, 2006 Presentation graphics

Adrian Leaman, Green Buildings and Productivity at Work: Myths and Realities, CIBSE Dublin Conference, Clontarf Castle, 09:50 - 10:15, Thursday 9 March, 2006 Presentation graphics
Bill Bordass, Building performance in use: lessons from post-occupancy surveys, Sustainable Development module in Civil and Environmental Engineering MSc, Skempton Building, Imperial College, 2-3.30 PM, Friday 3 March 2006
Bill Bordass (panel member), Greenwash Ecobuild 2006 Designing and Building a Sustainable future. Earl's Court Exhibition Centre, London, 14:40 - 15:20 Wednesday Feb 22, 2006.
Bill Bordass and Adrian Leaman, Post Occupancy Reviews of Buildings and their Engineering, Low Carbon Design Initiative Master Classes, 2nd February 2006, 09:00 14:00, Cardiff Marriott Hotel, Mill Lane, Cardiff
Adrian Leaman, Real-world performance versus design intent: what really happens in buildings, 11:00, Tuesday Jan 31, 2006, UCL EDE MSc, Windeyer Edward Lewis Lecture Theatre, Windeyer Building, Cleveland Street, London, W1 . Presentation graphics
Adrian Leaman, People, Environmental Control and Buildings in Use,13:30-17.00 pm Thursday Jan 26, 2006, The University of Reading, Room 2s26 (URS). Presentation graphics
Bill Bordass and Mark Way, Feedback, Follow-Through and Soft Landings, RICS Foundation and Building Research & Information Journal, The Great George Street Debates, Tuesday 24 January 2006, 5.30 to 8.30 PM, RICS, 1 Great George Street, London SW1.
Adrian Leaman, Key Ideas in Building Performance Research, Thu 12 January 2006, MSc in Faciliities Management, Bartlett School, 2pm Torrington Place, London WC1. Presentation graphics
Adrian Leaman, Buildings: What the Users Say Guest lecture, Sheffield Hallam and Sheffield Universities, Stoddart lecture theatre 6.00-7.30 pm Wednesday Nov 30, 2005. Presentation graphics
Bill Bordass (with others), The L team. A Practical approach to the new legislation. How do buildings perform and how close are they to achieving Part L2 compliance, M & E The Building Services Event, Training Academy, Earls Court 2, London 10.00-11.30am Thursday Nov 24, 2005.

Adrian Leaman, Human Factors: The Bottom Line, BIFM Advanced Course, Harrington Hotel, London, 11.00-12.45 am Wednesday Nov 23, 2005 Presentation graphics
Adrian Leaman, Making Feedback Routine: Beyond Probe Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating conference, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square, Melbourne 10.00-10.25 am Friday Nov 4, 2005. Presentation graphics
Bill Bordass, Carbon Counting: Buildings and Sites, Oxford seminar on Carbon Counting, Thursday Oct 18, 2005 Presentation graphics
Adrian Leaman, Productivity in Buildings: the killer variables updated, CoreNet Forum, Melbourne Town Hall, Yarra Room, Level 2, entrance via main Town Hall entrance on Swanston Street 4.30-7.30pm, Tuesday Oct 18, 2005. Presentation graphics
Bill Bordass (with others), Beaufort Court Zero Emissions Building: What is it and how does it perform?, Beaufort Court, Kings Langley Hertfordshire 09.45-11.00 Wednesday 5th October, 2005. Programme
Bill Bordass (chair), Knowledge Management: Principles and Reality in Design Practice, CIRIA, Classic House, 174-180 Old Street, London EC1V 9BP 13.30 - 17.00, Thursday October 19, 2005. Programme
Adrian Leaman, Productivity in Buildings: the killer variables updated, Open Plan Working Group, Corporate Consortium XII, Orfield Laboratories, Minneapolis, Tuesday Sep 20, 2005 Presentation graphics This also includes open Q&A on workplace performance.
Roderic Bunn, Controls And The End User: what works and what doesn't - and why, Association of University Engineers Conference, University of Warwick, 9am, Friday 29 July, 2005. Presentation graphics
Adrian Leaman, Real world performance versus design intent. What really happens in buildings, Association of University Engineers Conference, University of Warwick, 2pm, Thursday 28 July, 2005. Presentation graphics
Adrian Leaman, Post-occuancy evaluation, University of Newcastle, Certificate in Architectural Practice, Percy Building, Room G11, 1-3pm Friday, 13 May 2005 Presentation graphics,

Adrian Leaman, Real People, Real Buildings, Boston Green Roundtable, Boston Architectural Center, Casieri Hall, 320 Newbury Street, Boston. MA, 12:30-1:30pm Monday, 2 May 2005 Presentation graphics
Adrian Leaman, Case Study and Roundtable, Archventures in collaboration with the Boston Society of Architects, Broad St, Boston MA, 10am-3pm Saturday, 30 April 2005 Presentation graphics
Adrian Leaman, Human Factors in Buildings: the bottom line, Human factors lecture, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, 12:15pm Thursday, 28 April 2005
Adrian Leaman, Real-world performance versus design intent: what really happens in buiidings, College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota , Rapson Hall, 80 Church Street, Minneapolis, 1:15pm Tuesday, 26 April 2005
Bill Bordass, People, Environmental Control and Buildings in Use, Tuesday April 26, 2005, 13:30, University of Reading 1. KillerVariables presentation graphics 2. People and Controls presentation graphics
Adrian Leaman, Productivity in Buildings: the killer variables updated, Open Plan Working Group, Corporate Consortium XII, McCormick Place Chicago , 4-5pm Thursday April 21, 2005 Presentation graphics
Bill Bordass, Adrian Leaman and Joanna Eley, Building Performance Module by the Usable Buildings Trust for the UEL/CAT MSc Architecture course on Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies, Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, 12-14 April 2005 Presentation graphics
Adrian Leaman, Key Ideas on Building Performance, 10 March 2005, 12 PM. MPhil group, The Martin Centre, University of Cambridge Presentation graphics
Adrian Leaman, Key Ideas on Building Performance, 13 January 2005, 2 PM. MSc in Facilities management, UCL Outline Presentation graphics
Bill Bordass and Adrian Leaman, Probe Studies Update, Inter-disciplinary Design for the Built Environment postgraduate course, University of Cambridge, 12pm - 3pm, Tuesday 7 December, 2004
Adrian Leaman, Real Feedback on Real Buildings, Sustainable Energy Ireland, Energy Sustainability in Buildings: Engaging the Client, Astra Hall Student Centre, Belfield Campus, University College Dublin 4 11:35am - 12:15pm, Thursday 25 November, 2004
Adrian Leaman, Real Feedback on Real Buildings, CIBSE North East Group, Royal Station Hotel, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 6:30-7:30pm, Wednesday 24 November, 2004
Adrian Leaman, Human Factors: the bottom line, Presentation graphics, BIFM Business School, Harrington Hotel, Gloucester Road, London SW1, 11am-12:45pm, Wednesday 24 November, 2004
Adrian Leaman, Key Ideas from Two Decades of Building Performance Studies, Keene Engineering, North Vancouver 14:00-1500 Friday 15 November, 2004 Outline of session
Bill Bordass and Adrian Leaman, Real World Performance Versus Design Intent: What Really Happens in Buildings, Canadian Green Building Council conference, Vancouver, 07:30-1200 Friday 15 November, 2004 Outline of session
Bill Bordass and Adrian Leaman, Building Performance in Use: What Works and What Needs to be Improved, Greenbuild Conference, 08:30-1200 Tuesday 12 November, 2004
Bill Bordass and Adrian Leaman, More Feedback Means Better Buildings, Pacific Energy Center, 851 Howard Street, San Francisco, 09:00-1200 Tuesday 9 November, 2004 Outline of session
Adrian Leaman, Post-Occupancy Evaluation: Sugaring the Pill UC Berkeley Center for the Built Environment 'Brown Bag' seminar 12:30 - 13:30, Monday 8 November, 2004

Bill Bordass, Energy Certification in Europe. Will it make feedback routine and close the credibility gap between expectations and outcomes? Laurence Berkeley Laboratory, UC Berkeley 12:00, Monday 8 November, 2004 Outline of session
Bill Bordass and Adrian Leaman, Better Feedback For Better Buildings, Rocky Mountain Institute, 09:00-0945, Friday 5 November, 2004 Outline of session
Adrian Leaman, Thermal Performance: what the users say, EUL/CAT, Machynnleth, 9:30-11.00am, Friday 29 October, 2004 Presentation available on request from UEL/CAT course tutors
Adrian Leaman, Post-occupancy evaluation: Sugaring the Pill, School of Environment and Development, Sheffield Hallam University 2-3pm, Wednesday 27 October, 2004
Adrian Leaman, Real feedback on real buildings, CIBSE National Conference, The Britannia Hotel, Marsh Wall, Canary Wharf, 11:35 - 11:50pm, Thursday September 30, 2004
CABE Sustainability Workshop, 9:30am - 12:30pm, Wednesday September 22, 2004 Tower Building, Waterloo
Adrian Leaman, Post-occupancy evaluation: Sugaring the Pill, AIRAH ESD Conference, Museum of Sydney, Pitt Street, Sydney, 5pm, Thursday September 2, 2004
Adrian Leaman, Productivity and Green Buildings, Capturing the benefits of green building, Swanston Hall, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne 4:25pm, Wednesday August 25, 2004
Bill Bordass, Building Performance: myth and reality, Royal Thames Yacht Club, Wednesday September 1, 2004
Adrian Leaman, Occupant satisfaction and low-carbon design, Masterclass for the Carbon Trust, 9:30am, Wednesday July 21, 2004, NI Science Park, The Innovation Centre, Queen's Road, Belfast
Bill Bordass, How you can assess and improve your building stock performance, Session in CIBSE Event, Understanding and Adapting Buildings for Climate Change, The Café Royal, London 5:10 - 5:30pm, Tuesday July 6, 2004 www.cibse.org/events
IEA conference on cooling buildings in a warming climate, ADEME Centre, Sophia Antipoulis, Nice, 21-22 June, 2004, Bill Bordass gives two papers: 21 June, 1700, Session A3: The user's perspective, Comfort, behaviour, people and energy 22 June, 1000, Session B5: What really happens in buildings, Systems, buildings and people
Bill Bordass participates in a breakfast debate for about energy labelling for buildings, The River Room, The Savoy, London, 15 June 0800-1015
Bill Bordass participates in a debate on Overcoming the barriers to market for low carbon and renewable technologies in the commercial office sector 2.15 on Day 3 (Wednesday 8 June) of Resource 04, BRE, Watford.

Adrian Leaman, Post-occupancy evaluation, Presentation graphics, University of Newcastle, Certificate in Architectural Practice, May 14, 2004, 1-3 pm King George IV building, LT6
CLOSING THE LOOP conference, Windsor, April 29 - May 2, 2004 Conference papers should be available soon . We will advise here about the link. Contributions by Bill Bordass, Adrian Leaman and Andrew Derbyshire may be found immediately below and on the Publications page.
Adrian Leaman and Bill Bordass, Streamlining Survey Techniques, Presentation graphics, Closing the Loop conference, Windsor, April 29 - May 2, 2004
Bill Bordass and Adrian Leaman, Removing the Blindfolds: Making POE and Feedback Routine, Presentation graphics, Closing the Loop conference, Windsor, April 29 - May 2, 2004
John Field, Assessing building energy performance, 12:00, Bill Bordass, Benchmarking , 12:30, Bill Bordass, Why do buildings fail to be energy efficient? 14:30: Conference to launch CIBSE Guide F - Energy Efficiency in Buildings, English Heritage Lecture Theatre, Savile Row, 7 April 2004, 0930-1630
Bill Bordass, Improving the energy performance of commercial buildings: closing the credibility gap, Improving Energy Efficiency in Commercial Building Conference 2004 (IEECB’04, 22 April 2004, 1130-1300 session Frankfurt Congress Centre, Germany
Adrian Leaman, Human factors: the bottom line, Presentation graphics BIFM Business School, Harrington Hotel, Gloucestrer Road, London SW1, 11am, Wed 21 April, 2004
Adrian Leaman, Lighting what the users say, 2 April 2004, Society Of Light And Lighting, International Symposium Of Workplace Lighting, Dublin (Presentation graphics file available in conference proceedings or on application from Adrian Leaman (1.5 MB pdf file)
Adrian Leaman, Post-occupancy evaluation, 17 March 2004, 9:30 and 11:00, UOE/CAT MSc in Architecture, Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth (Presentation graphics file available on application from Adrian Leaman (3.5 MB pdf file)).

Bill Bordass, Natural ventilation and lighting: lessons from post-occupancy evaluation and Probe, 9 March 2004, 2 to 3.30 PM, School of Architecture, University of Westminster, Marylebone Road, London NW1
Bill Bordass, The role of building evaluation and feedback, Building Sustainability Conference, Martin Centre, 6 Chaucer Road, Cambridge, 4 March 2004, 3.00 to 4.15 PM
Adrian Leaman, People, Health and Buildings, 12 Februrary 2004, 10 AM. MSc in Facilities management, UCL
Bill Bordass, Probe and beyond: getting feedback to improve programming, design, construction and management, 30 Jan 2004, 5.30 to 7 PM. University of Oregon, Department of Architecture, 115 Lawrence Hall, Eugene, Oregon
Adrian Leaman, People, Environmental Control and Buildings in Use, 27 Jan 2004, 13:30 â 15:00 and 15:30 â 17:00, University of Reading
Bill Bordass Closing the feedback loop in buildings, 23 Jan 2004, 3.30 - 5.30 PM Hosted by Green Round Table, Boston, Mass, USA At: Genzyme HQ, 500 Kendall Street, Cambridge, Mass, USA
Bill Bordass Feedback: history of Probe and other UK activities, 26 Jan 2004, 10.20-10.40 AM, ASHRAE annual winter conference, Anaheim Conference Center, California
Bill Bordass, Beyond Probe: recent evolution of Probe and building performance feedback in the UK, 26 Jan 2004 at 11.00-11.30 AM ASHRAE annual winter conference ,Anahieim Conference Center, California
Virtuous Circles: Affordable Buildings Lecture series 6.00-9.30pm, Jarvis Hall, RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD Free: 250 seats available Sponsored by Circle 33 Housing. Tuesday 13th January, 2004: 6.00-9.00pm Wny better housing design matters to the market place? Lectures from: Andy Ford, Fulcrum Consulting; Rob Shaw,Town and Country Planning Association; Paul King, World Wild Life Fund; Sue Roaf and Manuel Fuentes, Oxford Brookes University Thursday 22nd January, 2004 6.00-9.00pm Future-proofing buildings against climate change Lectures from: Andy Wright, Tyndall Centre North, Umist; Rob Wilby, Environment Agency; David Crichton, Middlesex University; John Glasson, Oxford Brookes University; Sue Roaf and Fergus Nicol, Oxford Brookes University. Thursday 29TH January, 2004 6.00-9.00pm Closing the loop: making buildings affordable Lectures from: Andrew Horsley, Ecofys.; Sean Lockey, Faithful and Gould; David Fisk, Imperial College; Sue Roafand Rajat Gupta, Oxford Brookes University 14th to the 30th January 2004 ECOHOUSE STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION EXHIBITION on view at the RIBA, 66 Portland Place London W1B 1AD Creating Excellent Buildings: CABE Client Workshops : A series of free events run by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment to disseminate the practical advice provided in their Creating Excellent Buildings: A Guide for Clients. Gateshead, 25 November 2003, BALTIC, Centre for Contemporary Arts Oxford, 9 December 2003, Templeton College, Oxford. Salford, 13 January 2004, The Lowry Centre Rotherham, 22 January 2004, Magna Taunton, 12 February 2004, Taunton Racecourse London, 10 March 2004, TUC Congress Centre E-mail: cabe@whiteroseconferences.co.uk
Bill Bordass, ASHRAE Winter Meeting, Anaheim, Ca, USA 24-28 January 2004, Session 17, 1 - 3 PM on Sunday 25 January, Building Performance and Post-Occupancy Evaluation, Experience in the UK and Opportunities for ASHRAE . Also History of the PROBE project and other POE activities and Evolution of POE and building performance feedback in the UK.
Adrian Leaman, Usability: the Cinderella subject? Presentation to CIB TG51 Usability of Workplaces workshop, Armathwaite, Cumbria November 14/15, 2003 Presentation graphics
Bill Bordass and Adrian Leaman, Beyond Probe: making feedback part of design? Presentation to CIBSE conference, Edinburgh, September 26, 2003 Presentation graphics
Closing the Loop, Post Occupancy Evaluation:The Next Steps, International Conference, 28th April to 1st May 2004, at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, UK. Details and Registration form
Adrian Leaman, Human factors: the bottom line, Presentation graphics BIFM Business School, Harrington Hotel, Gloucestrer Road, London SW1, 11am, 8 April, 2003
EU, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport Workshop on integration and harmonisation of schemes to support the EU, Directive on Energy Performance of Buildings, Brussels, 31 March 2003
Bill Bordass, "Joining up actual energy consumption and modelled estimates" , Europrosper team, Brussels, 31 March 2003 PDF file of presentation foils
Bill Bordass, Evaluation of Buildings in Use, 3:30pm, Martin Centre Conference on Sustainability and Building Evaluation, University of Cambridge, 6 March, 2003
Adrian Leaman, Environment, Health and Buildings, UCL FM MSc 10am, Bartlett Graduate School, Torrington Place, London WC1, 26 March, 2003
Bill Bordass and Adrian Leaman, Improving Feedback and its Impact, West Midlands Best Practice Club, Room E520, Edge Building, University of Central England, Perry Barr , 4pm, 27 February, 2003
Fergus Nichol, The dialectics of thermal comfort, Inaugural professorial lecture, London Metropolitan University 19 February, 2003 PDF file of presentation foils

Adrian Leaman and Bill Bordass, The Probe Studies , University of Cambridge, IDBE Course, Martin Centre, 9 December, 2002
Bill Bordass, A strategy for feedback to SE University Estates Officers Meeting at University of Surrey, 19 November 2002
Adrian Leaman, Human factors: the bottom line, BIFM Business School, Clifton Ford Hotel, Welbeck St, London, W1,, 11am, 21 November, 2002
Adrian Leaman, Walking the Tightrope, School of Architecture, University of Birmingham, Perry Barr, 11am, 19 November, 2002
Bill Bordass, Keynote paper: to conference on Conservation, Health and the Built Environment at UCL Centre for Sustainable Heritage, 8 November 2002. Further information from ebs@ebssurvey.co.uk.
Adrian Leaman with Bill Bordass, Post-occupancy Evaluation, Edinburgh, 15 October, 2002 See Sustainable Constructions CPD Events list (link above) Please contact us (via main menu Contact Us link) if you want the presentation slides (pdf format 5 megabyte file).
Bill Bordass with Adrian Leaman, Flying Blind, Scottish Building Regulations group, Scottish Executive, Edinburgh, 15 October, 2002
Adrian Leaman, EU Energy Certification: The Occupants' Perspective, Europrosper project workgroup, London, 14 October, 2002
Bill Bordass, EU Energy Certification: Strategy, Europrosper project workgroup, London, 14 October, 2002
Adrian Leaman, Workplace Productivity, FMA New South Wales Lunchtime Forum, Sydney, 10 September, 2002
Adrian Leaman, Why Sustainable Buildings?, Sustainable Business Forum, The Pavilion, Darling Park, Sydney 9 September, 2002, 5:30 for 6:00.
Bill Bordass, Is Natural Ventilation Enough?, Teachers in Architecture Conference, Yazd, Iran, 5-7 September, 2002
Adrian Leaman, Walking the tightrope: the Probe post-occupancy studies and post-occupancy evaluation, New Zealand Institute of Architects, Wellington Branch, Victoria School of Architecture and Design, LT1 3 September, 2002, 5:30 for 6:00.
Adrian Leaman, The New Workplace: friend or foe?, Property Council of New Zealand, Wellington Branch, 28 August, 2002, School of Architecture and Design, Vivian St., Victoria University of Wellington, 3:45pm
Adrian Leaman, Keynote address, Natural and Hybrid Ventilation in Non-Residential Buildings, 3 August, 2002, Wilkinson Building, University of Sydney, 9.00am-5.00pm
Adrian Leaman, Workplace Productivity, FMA Queensland Lunchtime Forum, Brisbane, Tattersalls, 2 August, 2002
Adrian Leaman, Workplace Productivity, FMA Victoria Lunchtime Forum, Melbourne, 1 August, 2002
Bill Bordass, POE: what is the future?, RIBA, London, 25 July, 2002 6-8:30pm

Seminar on environmental control and house dust mites. The Bartlett Graduate School, University College London. Bill Bordass will chair the afternoon session and sum up the proceedings. 18 July 2002 1000-1600
Bill Bordass masterclass on Ventilation and Cooling, part of Environmental Policy and Legislation CPD seminar, Broadway House, London SW1, 10:30-17:30 9 July, 2002. Also includes a 2-hour joint session by Bill Bordass and David Arnold on Cooling and Ventilation Strategies.
Bill Bordass (proposing the motion with Richard Woolf (McDaniel Woolf)), Are architects and interior designers scared of technology?, Public debate organised by Design Events at the RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1, 6:30 for 7:30 pm, Tuesday 23 April 2002 Notes of text (without diagrams)
Adrian Leaman, Walking the tightrope: post-occupancy evaluation in the real-world, Leeds Metropolitan University School of Architecture guest lecture, Brunswick lecture theatre, OHP foils 5:00 pm 27 February 2002 The supporting paper for this talk is Walking the Tightrope. Requires password
Adrian Leaman, Briefs: Users and post-occupancy evaluation, University of Newcastle, 8 March, 2002, Closed session. Part of Certificate in Architectural Practice.
Adrian Leaman, "Human Factors in Offices: the bottom line", BIFM Advanced Studies Course, London, 21 February 2002
Bill Bordass, From feedback to strategy: lessons from buildings in use, MPhil seminar, The Martin Centre, University of Cambridge, 10:00am, 14 February 2002
Adrian Leaman, Health in Buildings, MSc Facility and Environment lecture, Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, UCL, 1-19 Torrington Place, 10 January, 2002, 10:00am, room 246
Adrian Leaman, Birmingham School of Architecture, 24 January 2002, 11 am, Flexibility and Adaptability in Buildings.
Bill Bordass, People, Environmental Control and Intelligent Buildings, University of Reading MSc course on Intelligent Buildings 31, January 2002, 1:30 - 3pm
Adrian Leaman, The Human Side of Probe, OHP foils Presentation to University of Birmingham School of Architecture, 13 December, 2001, 11-1pm
Bill Bordass, Launch of "Flying Blind" for the Association for the Conservation of Energy and the Oxfordshire Energy Advice Centre at The Oriental Club, Stratford Place, Oxford Street, London, W1 29 October 2001,
Bill Bordass, Turning Oxford University Green, St. Catherine's College, Oxford, 4-7pm, 23 October 2001
Adrian Leaman, "Human Factors in Offices: the bottom line", BIFM Advanced Studies Course, London, 4 October 2001
EDRA conference, Edinburgh, 3rd July, 2001, Adrian Leaman and Bill Bordass join Craig Zimring in 3 hour workshop on post-occupancy evaluation
Bill Bordass and Adrian Leaman, From Feedback to Strategy: Jam session, MPhil group, University of Cambridge, Martin Centre, Friday 29 June, 10:30.
Bill Bordass receives his HonFRIBA on 21 June, 2001. RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1, after the gold medal award ceremony.
Built Environment Research Network's Technology Showcase at Church House, Westminster on 12 June, 2001. Session on post-occupancy evaluation chaired by Bill Bordass.
CIC/DETR/CCC Workshop, What are the barriers and drivers to measuring building performance?, 7 June 2001
Teachers In Architecture workshop on Thermal Mass in Buildings at the RIBA. Portland Place, London, W1 on 31 May, 2001. Afternoon session chaired by Bill Bordass

AFH-Shaw Sprunt. Informal seminar on Health, Education and Housing: developing a new future. British Library, Euston Road, London N1, Conference room 4. Introduction by Adrian Leaman. Talks by Alan Beatiie, David Dawson and Patrick White
Adrian Leaman, "Human Factors in Offices: the bottom line", BIFM Advanced Studies Course, London, 15 Feb 2001.
Bill Bordass, "Environmental Control", Synopsis, Talk to University of `Reading MSc on Intelligent Buildings 1130-1500, Tuesday 1 February 2001
Adrian Leaman, The Human Side of Probe, OHP foils for presentation to University of Birmingham School of Architecture, 5 December, 2000 .
Adrian Leaman, Probe Studies Update, Bill Bordass Managing Complexity OHP foils for presentations to University of Cambridge IDBE course, 4 December 2000
Bill Bordass, "Is Feedback Too Threatening? Lessons from post-occupancy surveys", 12:15 pm, 1 November 2000, The Martin Centre, 5 Chaucer Road, Cambridge
Bill Bordass "Right First Time", Edge debate; RIBA, Tuesday 3rd October, 2000 Paper OHPs
Bill Bordass, "Post occupancy survey findings: the implications for designers", 12:30 pm, 13 September 2000, RMJM, 83 Paul Street, London EC2
Alexi Marmot, How much office space should you have? and "Workhouse or work palace - Providing amenity areas in office buildings", 19 July 2000 The Brewery, London EC1, Conference on 'The Art of Producing more Effective and Productive Offices' Henry Stewart Conference Studies Tel: 020 7404 3040
Bill Bordass, A perspective on innovation, 7 July 2000 McLaren Leisure Centre, Callander, Scotland, Seminar on Dynamic Insulation.
Adrian Leaman, Monitoring and benchmarking: why bother?, 11 July 2000, Quadrant seminar on schools' management, Clifton College, Bristol.
Adrian Leaman,The Elizabeth Fry Building: the exception that proves the rule., 4 July 2000, 18:15, Facilities Management Research and Applications Forum. Talk follows guided tour of the Elizabeth Fry Building, UEA, Norwich, by Martyn Newton and Mike Stamford. OHP foils Requires PASSWORD
Bill Bordass, Buildings that Work, 30 June 2000, Association for Environment Conscious Building, Conference and AGM at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Adrian Leaman,The Flexible Workplace: Friend or Foe?,Tuesday May 9, 2000 For Sheffield Hallam University Local Authority FM Research Group. Venue Halifax Hall, Sheffield University
Bill Bordass,"Key components in naturally-ventilated buildings", 28 April, 2000, CIBSE, 222 Balham High Road, The performance and specification of Automatic vent opening devices OHPs PDF
Adrian Leaman, Sam Cassels, Bill Bordass,The Flexible Workplace: Friend or Foe?, Friday April 14, London Chamber of Commerce.
Adrian Leaman, Lunchtime talk to Trickett and Webb, Thursday March 30 Presentation slides (password required, triggers 656K PDF download)
Adrian Leaman, Lunchtime talk to Nicholas Hare and Partners, Monday March 13 Presentation slides (password required, triggers 656K PDF download)
Bill Bordass, Environmental Control in Intelligent Buildings,3 February 2000, Reading, Intelligent Buildings MSc

Adrian Leaman, POE update OHP foils (750K PDF download) , Wednesday 2 February 2000, Jestico + Whiles
Adrian Leaman, POE update OHP foils (750K PDF download) , Tuesday 1 February 2000, Bennetts Associates
Paul Ruyssevelt, Probe: The lessons to be learned in the design, specification, commissioning and operation of key building services elements., 30 November 1999, CIBSE Home Counties North West meeting, University of Reading FURS Building
Bill Bordass, Lessons from the Probe post-occupancy surveys in educational buildings,Higher Education Design Quality Forum conference on Promoting and Evaluating Quality in Higher Education, CVCP Headquarters, Woburn House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HQ, Wed 10 November 1999
Bill Bordass, Cost and value: fact and fiction ,Symposium on cost and value in building green., Asian Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Fri 19 November 1999
Bill Bordass, Low energy ... high comfort??, Center for Environmental Design, School of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, 16 November 1999 at 1100.
Bill Bordass, Surveys of occupant satisfaction, technical and energy performan in recent UK buildings: resulta and lessons, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 15 November 1999, Room 90-3148 at 1200
Bill Bordass, Building intelligence: lessons from recent post-occupancy surveys, Carnegie Mellon University, Intelligent Workplace Center, Pittsburgh, Fri 12 November 1999 at 13:00
Bill Bordass, Public debate ... opposing the motion "Air condtioning should not be regulated against". The proposer is Peter Thompson of Slough Estates., CIBSE Conference, Harrogate, Tuesday 5 October 1999
Adrian Leaman, Managed Feedback: the key to health. comfort and productivity, CIBSE National conference '99, Harrogate, UK, 5 October 1999
Adrian Leaman, Occupancy Strategic Lessons, CIBSE National conference '99, Harrogate, UK, 4 October 1999
Bill Bordass, The Probe Project: Technical Lessons for Design and Operation Synopsis, CIBSE National conference '99, Harrogate, UK, 3-5 October 1999
Adrian Leaman, BIFM Advanced Studies course, Swindon, Productivity in Buildings., Friday 1 October, 1999
Paul Ruyssevelt, Rod Bunn and Bill Bordass,Probe studies and their implications., Construction Round Table Technical Day, BRE, 23 June 1999
Bill Bordass, Integrating Fabric Thermal Storage into Buildings, Fabric Thermal Storage: Where Next, CIBSE, Balham, London, 29 June 1999
.Rod Bunn, Keynote paper: Probe lessons: the challenge for the designer, Managing Design Risk, CIBSE, London, Tuesday 15 June, 1999
.Rod Bunn, Adrian Leaman and Sam Cassels, British Council for Offices conference, Glasgow, Round table on The Dynamics of Briefing, May 15, 1999
.Bill Bordass and Adrian Leaman, Probe feedback, Health, Comfort and Productivity in Buildings conference, London, Scientific Society's lecture Theatre, New Burlington Place, off Saville Row, May 6, 1999
Adrian Leaman, Evaluation and feedback, University of Sheffield Design Brief Management seminar, London, April 21, 1999
Adrian Leaman, Evaluation and feedback, BDP, Dublin, April 9, 1999
Adrian Leaman, BIFM Advanced Studies course, Swindon, Productivity in Buildings. Friday 5 March, 1999
Bill Bordass, University of Reading, Intelligent Buildings MSc, January 28, 1999
Adrian Leaman, Probe studies feedback, University of Cambridge, IDBE course, January 4/5, 1999
Bill Bordass, Flexibility, Adaptability, Complexity, Manageability, University of Cambridge, IDBE course, January 5, 1999
.Bill Bordass, Factors for success, or how to compensate for things you take away Paper, December 3, 1998, Workplace Comfort Forum, London.
Adrian Leaman, Flexibility in Buildings: the killer variables Paper OHP foilsSchool Of Architecture, University of Birmingham, December 2, 1998 and School of Architecture, University of Portsmouth, December 3, 1998
Adrian Leaman, Productivity in Buildings OHP foils ,November 26, 1998, Norwegian Facility Management Network
Adrian Leaman, Productivity in buildings, BIFM Advanced Study Course, Swindon, 16 October 1998
Adrian Leaman, Bill Bordass, Sam Cassels, Day 1: The New Workplace: friend or foe?. Day 2: Flexibility and adaptability in buildings: the killer variables, Technical University of Delft, Department of Real Estate and Project Management, Netherlands, 7-8 October 1998.
The Probe Team, Building Intelligence in Use: Lessons from the Probe project,Intelligent Buildings: Realising the benefits, 6-8 October 1998.
Bill Bordass, Energy in buildings: features or functions? Synopsis OHP foils, CUEA Annual Conference, Cambridge, 25 September 1998
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Bill Bordass and Adrian Leaman, Environmental Quality: the new agenda. Paper OHP Foils, BIFM Conference, 23 September, 1998
Adrian Leaman, Presentation to Nokia Global FM Conference, Helsinki, 8 September 1998
Adrian Leaman, Discussed working space with Frank Duffy and Catherine Shonfield on the BBC Radio 4 programme Within Walls introduced by Jonathan Glancey, 22 July 1998
Bill Bordass, Presentation to Architectural Teachers Meeting: Users matter: Lessons from Post-occupancy Surveys, BRE, 7 July 1998
Bill Bordass, It's Not Easy Being green: The UK experience, as revealed by post-occupancy surveys, Ashrae Annual Conference, Toronto, 23 June 1998
Bill Bordass, How do buildings really work: Lessons from post-occupancy surveys, Ottawa, National Research Council, 19 June1998
Bill Bordass, Controls and the User: the killer variables? OHP foils, CIBSE, 19 May 1998