Jake Williams

MEng, CEng, MCIBSE, MIMechE

Buro Happold

Jake has extensive experience in the field of environmental design, carbon reduction, energy and building simulation. Using his in depth understanding of environmental design, Jake is able to drive the design response towards solutions that reduce energy demand, improve well-being and ensure a healthy and comfortable internal environment. He has played a key role in defining the low energy design and environmental strategies on a wide range of projects, including education, cultural, scientific and office buildings. Following through projects from concept to completion and into occupation has given him a solid grounding in the reasons for the performance gap between design and operation, important knowledge of how buildings are managed and operated in practice, as well as an understanding of how users interact with buildings in reality. He is particularly passionate about bringing this learning into his projects, and is focused on delivering designs that are robust, user-centric and avoid unnecessary complexity. Jake’s specialist expertise includes studying energy transfer through the façade, natural ventilation design, thermal comfort, indoor air quality, low energy HVAC systems and low carbon energy generation strategies. He has defined net zero strategies for a wider range of new and existing buildings.

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