This proposal is authored by Dr Sonja Oliveira.

It is draft and subject to final author agreements; Below text is

confidential and not for distribution without authors approval.

DRAFT New Book Proposal

Author profile
The proposed book is a collaborative effort including following author roles:
Editor and Lead Author: Dr Sonja Oliveira (Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader in Architecture and Environmental
Engineering, Department of Architecture and the Built Environment, University of the West of England (UWE), sonja.dragojlovic-
oliveira@uwe.ac.uk; 00447766007769)

Suggested Co-authors:
Prof Bill Gething UWE (Confirmed)
Elena Marco UWE (Confirmed)
Dr Craig Robertson AHMM (Confirmed)
Varun Kohli HOK (Confirmed)
Rab Bennetts Bennetts Associates (Pending)
Kenneth Lewis SOM (TBC)
Justin Bere Bere: Architects (Confirmed)
Mark Lumley Architype (Confirmed)
Mario Vieria Scott Brownrigg (Invited TBC)
Dr Jakob
Stromann-Andersen Hening Larsen (Confirmed)
Kit Elsworth Kieran Timberlake (Confirmed)
Anna Liu Tonkin Liu (Confirmed)
Rob Prewett Prewett Bizley Architects (Confirmed)

Sonja’s role as editor would be to work closely with all co-authors ensuring a cohesive, well designed book through the
various levels of production. Sonja will coordinate the planning, writing, reviewing and presentation of written and graphic
material in collaboration with all co-authors ensuring a consistent product. Co-authors’ roles will be to write, review and
arrange layouts as agreed with editor. Two co-authors (Gething and Marco) will also assist in reviewing for grammatical and
spelling errors as well as perform other support tasks.

Concept
Proposed DRAFT title would be ‘Integrating energy in architecture design: a practice guide’

Energy analysis in architecture has traditionally been the domain of the building services engineer and used typically to
verify the energy performance of a building design that is well advanced. At this stage, it is rarely possible to make any
significant change to the design without incurring major costs and delays, and opportunities to address any fundamental
flaws in the environmental aspects of the design will certainly have been missed. Recently, however, with advances in digital
design technology including BIM, improved and more accessible simulation tools and increasing emphasis on narrowing the
energy performance gap, uptake of energy modelling tools by architects to inform early stage design has been growing, both
in the UK and internationally.

Recent research carried out by the lead author in the UK and USA (http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/30480/) has examined nine
architecture firms’ approaches to energy modelling. Findings suggest that embedding energy modelling in architectural
practice is not straightforward with early adopter firms needing to develop new internal working arrangements,
organizational structures and new design methods with varying degrees of success. It also became clear that there was very
little in the way of published guidance for architects that presented the organizational, workflow and social implications
of trying to integrate energy modelling within design projects.

The book aims to fill that gap, aiming to be a practical guide with illustrated case studies targeted at architects in practice,
together with academics and students. It will illustrate architects’ approaches to learning, sharing and integrating energy
modelling across a range of design projects in both small and large firms (in the UK and internationally) and discuss the
practical and business implications of embedding energy modelling in practice. A manual for the energy literate architect.
This proposal is authored by Dr Sonja Oliveira. It is draft and subject to final author agreements; Below text is
confidential and not for distribution without authors approval.

Audience
The book is aimed at practicing architects; particularly in med/large and small firms mainly in the UK but also internationally.
The size of the market includes practicing architects, associated professionals, academics and students internationally. In
2014 there were 31,400 staff employed in architectural practices in the UK (RIBA Business Benchmarking Survey 2016). In
2015, 110,168 licensed architects were practising in the USA (NCARB 2015). In 2015, there were 15,500 students in the UK
Schools of Architecture. The courses that this book would be helpful to are placed across the 80 schools of architecture that
RIBA validates programmes at.

Key selling points 

 The book:
 Presents original and new practical guidance for architects not available elsewhere

 Shows case study examples from award winning architecture firms of how to implement energy
modelling in different organizational structures

 Presents evidence informed by research findings based on 72 participant views in addition to practical
observations

 Shows innovative ways of organising and managing design projects to achieve an integrated outcome

 Presents a first of its kind approach to discussing energy modelling from an organizational rather than a
technical perspective

DRAFT Content
The below table presents a draft contents summary and list of co-authors:

Section Outline description Number of Author

words
Introduction The introduction will explain the purpose of the 800 S.Oliveira/E.Marco
book and explain how it could be used in both
practice and education
Chapter 1 Organizational responses to energy
analysis/modelling in architecture
1.1 Description of the research study including 1200 S.Oliveira
examples from 9 firms and 72 participants
1.2 Findings from the study- learning energy 1200 S.Oliveira
modelling in the UK and USA/approaches to
training
1.3 Findings from the study- sharing energy 1200 S.Oliveira
modelling in the UK and USA/approaches to
using outputs
Chapter 2 Implementing change in projects- Small Firms
2.1 Justin Bere approaches/highlights from practice 2500-3000 J.Bere
and research
2.2 White Design approaches/highlights from 2500-3000 C.White
practice and pedagogy
2.3 Rob Prewett approaches/highlights from practice 2500-3000 R.Prewett
and community
2.4 Tonkin Liu approaches to resource efficiency and 2500-3000 Ana Liu
materials
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Chapter 3 Learning from organizational structures-
Medium to Large Firms
3.1 AHMM Case studies/practical examples and tips 2500-3000 C.Robertson
3.2 HOK Case Studies 2500-3000 V.Kohli
3.3 Bennetts Associates 2200 TBC?
3.3 SOM ethos and approach 2200 TBC?
3.4 Architype Case Studies 2500-3000 M.Lumley
3.5 Henning Larsen Case Studies 2500-3000 J.Andersen
3.6 Kieran Timberlake 2500-3000 K.Elsworth

Conclusion Recommendations and concluding remarks 2000 B.Gething

DRAFT Schedule

 Sept 2018/Jan 2019: discuss content detail with each co-author/ share initial structure and draft contents
list for comments
 Dec 2018/Feb 2019: all co-authors to share first draft of contributions with editor for comment
 Mar 2019: comments and final draft being worked on
 May/Jun 2019: all co-authors to share first draft of contributions with editor for comment
 Jul/Aug 2019: Issue to RIBA for peer review