Jonathan Hubert

Biography

Jon is the archetypal career-changer, having worked in the private sector for over 25 years prior to reading for a degree. He graduated in Architectural Technology from the University of West London (UWL). He is now a postgraduate researcher at the University of Portsmouth on the evaluation of building performance. The focus of this study is predicting building performance in a changing climate, using dynamic simulation modelling to create and test environmental scenarios in a virtual environment

Qualifications and memberships

Teaching

Research interests

Industry

Qualifications and memberships

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Architectural Technology, University of West London
PG Cert Research, University of West London

Memberships

ACIAT (Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists)
AHEA (Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy)

Teaching

Jon’s teaching experience ranges across the built environment field, from Management of Health and Safety, to Design and Environmental Science, and Research Methods for degree dissertations.

Research interests

The interactions between people and their environments are key to Jon’s research focus. Adaptive comfort ranges and climate change variations in the 21st century form the main tenet of Jon’s research studies towards a doctoral thesis at the University of Portsmouth.

The capability of UK domestic dwellings to withstand the effects of climate change is investigated, using dynamic simulation modelling to create virtual environments based on the original four Representative Concentration Pathways specified by the IPCC.

Industry

Jon spent a year as a trainee surveyor in the early 1980’s but then moved on to work in the IT sector, using RAMIS 4GL for database maintenance operations, and subsequently programming, installing and training end users on systems in the hospitality industry.

While this background may seem tangential to built environment studies, as a 25-year apprenticeship in working with people, understanding their motivations and attitudes to change, it would be hard to beat!

Publications

Refereed conference papers

Hubert, J. and B-Jahromi, A. (2014) Style over substance: The homeowner’s dilemma – spend on appearance, or energy reduction? 14th International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR 2014), Sharjah, UAE, 16-18 November 2014.
Hubert, J. and B-Jahromi, A. An Evaluation of Environmental Assessment Methods. 2nd International Conference on Civil Engineering, Architecture and Building Materials (CEABM 2012), Yan Tai, China, 25-27 May 2012.
Hubert, J., Sanders, C. and B-Jahromi, A. Evaluation of sustainable means of disposal for UK construction waste. 2nd International Conference on Civil Engineering, Architecture and Building Materials (CEABM 2012), Yan Tai, China, 25-27 May 2012.

Journals

Hubert, J., Edwards, T. and B-Jahromi, A. (2012) Comparative study of sustainable drainage systems. Proceedings of the ICE – Engineering Sustainability, Vol. 166(3), Nov.2012, pp. 138-149.