Senior Lecturer

Background

Prior to the Centre for Alternative Technology I was employed at the University of East London. Following the move to CAT have combined teaching, research, programme development, and doctoral supervision.

Qualifications

• PhD: A simplified method of building thermal assessment, University of East London
• MSc Architecture: Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies, University of East London
• B. Arch, Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow
• BSc Combined Engineering Studies, Lanchester Polytechnic
• Qualified Passive House Designer /Consultant

Teaching Activities

• Programme leader (CAT) Professional Doctorate (Doctor of Ecological Building Practices)
• Module leader - Computer Simulation of Buildings (MSc Architecture: Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies)
• Module leader  - Thesis (MSc Architecture: Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies)
• Module leader  (CAT) - Research Methods
• PhD Supervision
  • Ranyl Rhydwen - The dynamic thermal and hygric behaviour of hemp based monolithic walls
  • Eshrar Latif - Potential of bio-insulation in the UK
• Professional Doctorate supervision
  • David Hood - The viability of small scale biomass Combined Heat and Power in the UK
• MSc thesis supervisor
• Lecturing

Research Interests

Research interests focus around the design and assessment of low environmental impact buildings, and on thermal and energy performance. I aim to combine scientific and often highly technical research, within the broader and multidisciplinary context of design of the built environment.

Current projects:
‘Energy efficient bio-based natural fibre insulation' (2008-2012) with Bio-Composites Centre Bangor University, University of East London and others (leading one workpackage)

Recent projects:
Design project - Second placed (equal) in 'Welsh Passive House' competition, Ebbw Vale in collaboration with George + Tomos Penseiri, Machynlleth (2009)
The Wates house and the Code for Sustainable Homes (2009)

Publications

McInerney, M. and Tucker, S. (2012) Renewable versus Non-Renewable Building Fabric: A comparative study of the effect of material choice on the embodied energy and global warming potential of low energy dwellings, Advances in Computing and Technology: 7th Annual Conference, London: University of East London

Brooks, J. and Tucker, S. (2012) Key challenges and solutions to increasing energy efficiency through insulation of existing post-1930s blocks of flats in the private housing sector, Advances in Computing and Technology: 7th Annual Conference, London: University of East London

Solomons, N. and Tucker, S. (2012) The potential for interstitial condensation when retrofitting insulation to Victorian solid brick walls –a hygrothermal study, Advances in Computing and Technology: 7th Annual Conference, London: University of East London

Butler, T., Littlewood, J & Tucker, S. (2011) Investigating the potential benefits and risks for low to zero energy air sourced earth coupled cooling and heating systems, CIBSE Technical Symposium: 06 September, 2011, De Montfort University

Beal, D. Littlewood, J. R. & Tucker, S. (2011) How can the Transition Movement help tenant/landlord relations in a small rural community? International Built & Human Environment Research Week 2011, University of Salford

Rhydwen, R., Tucker, S., Butler, A., Wijeyesekera, C. (2011) An initial report into thermal performance of hemp lime wall sections in the WISE building at CAT. Advances in Computing and Technology: 6th　 Annual Conference, London: University of East London

Latif, E., Rhydwen, R., Pruteanu, M., Wijeyesekera, C., Tucker, S., Ciupala, MA., Newport, D. (2011) Thermal conductivity of building materials: an overview of its determination. Advances in Computing and Technology: 6th Annual Conference, London: University of East London

Latif, E., and Tucker, S., (2010) An investigation into the impact of adding an operable thermal insulation layer to an uninsulated metal roof in a free running building, ICBEDC 2010 - 4th International Conference on Built Environment in Developing Countries, Penang, Malaysia

Linsley-Hood, D., Butler, A., Jollins, M., Littlewood, J., and Tucker, S. (2010) The viability of small scale Biomass Combined Heat and Power for the UK - Initial findings from case study research, Conference Proceedings of ‘Energy in the City’, International Solar Energy Society, 23-24 June 2010, London

Latif, E., Wijeyesekera, D.C., Newport, D., Tucker, S., (2010) Potential for research on hemp insulation in the UK construction sector, Proceedings of the Advances in Computing and Technology, University of East London, 2010, pp143-150

S. Tucker, (2007) Integrating energy efficiency into building design using a simplified thermal assessment method, 2nd Proceedings of the Advances in Computing and Technology, University of East London

S. Tucker, (2005) Some uses of a simplified thermal assessment method, In: Environmental Sustainability: The Challenge of Awareness in Developing Societies, Passive and low energy architecture, Proceedings of the International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, PLEA 2005 /, Beirut, Lebanon

J. Heginbotham, S. Tucker, (2005) British Home-Grown Timber: An assessment of the viability of meeting all the timber requirements of the house-building industry from sustainably managed Forests, In: Environmental Sustainability: The Challenge of Awareness in Developing Societies, Passive and low energy architecture, Proceedings of the International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, PLEA 2005 /, Beirut, Lebanon

S. Tucker, M. Thompson, (2000) Calibration of a Method of Assessing Passive Thermal Behaviour, In: Steemers, K and Yannas, S, (eds) Architecture City Environment, Proceedings of the International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, PLEA 2000, James & James, London

S. Tucker, M. Thompson, (1999) Outline of a Method for Assessing the Passive Solar Performance and Space Heating Energy Requirements of Houses in the UK, Proceedings of the 5th European Conference Solar Energy in Architecture and Urban Planning: Building a new Century, Bonn 1998, EUROSOLAR-Verlag