30/03/2022
We are pleased to introduce Dr. TOM WOOLLEY who will be giving a H**pcrete demonstration (weather permitting) at this yearโs H**p Cooperative Conference, The H**p Event on Friday 8th of April.
Tickets are available from:
https://www.teagasc.ie/news--events/national-events/events/irish-h**p-event-2022.php
Tom Woolley B.Arch., PhD is an architect and environmental researcher living in County Down Northern Ireland and working for Rachel Bevan Architects. He is known for his work on sustainability, building materials and low impact construction. A graduate of Edinburgh University, he was Professor of Architecture at Queens University Belfast from 1991 to 2007and is a visiting Professor at the Centre for Alternative Technology. He is Chair of the UK Clean Air Steering Committee.
Tom Woolley has published widely on construction, planning, housing, green architecture and buildings and health, including the Green Building Handbook, Natural Building, H**p and Lime Construction and Low Impact Building, Building Materials, Health and Indoor Air Quality and most recently Thermal Insulation Materials. Tom has spoken at numerous conferences and workshops around the world including Canada, South Africa, Malaysia, Holland, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Poland and Chile.
He carries out research and consultancy on the circular economy, innovative sustainable construction methods including natural building and indoor air quality. He has been chair of the Northern Ireland Building Regulations Advisory Committee and on the board of the Chartered Institute of Housing, the Ballynahinch Credit Union and the Drumlin Wind Co-operative. He is a member of the UK Indoor Environment group and the Fuel Poverty Research Network and has carried out a number of studies investigating ways to improve indoor air quality.
Tom is a consultant to ECOS, the European Environmental Citizens Organisation for Standards and represents them on a range EU sustainability standards working groups.
Tom has been active in the co-operative movement since the 1970s when he established an architectโs co-operative and the community technical aid movement. He has worked with a wide range of co-operative housing groups and is a member of the Irish H**p Co-operative.