Twenty-eighth RECLAIM Webinar - #UrbanClimate RULES! & Catchment scale benefits and disbenefits of green space

Dr Julie Futcher is a chartered architect and an independent consultant on sustainable urban development. Her research explores the role of London's emerging morphology in the context of climate responsive urbanism and focuses on the dynamic and interdependent influence of built form (particularly tall buildings and increasing urban density), on access to passive resources (i.e., day sunlight and ventilation), and in turn, building energy management (heating, cooling and ventilation). Her research falls at the intersection of building and urban physics, policy, building and urban climate science, and draws attention to many of the built-form outcomes which currently fall outside the broader discussion on sustainable urban development.

Thomas specialised in water resources engineering before moving to the United Kingdom. Following a year working as a consulting hydrologist, he spent a decade working as a research scientist at the Natural Environment Research Council's (NERC) Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), where he headed research into hydrological extremes.