John Holmes

John Holmes BA MA Dip. Surv. PGC Ed. MBEng. CEnv
Tel: 0191 227 3651
E-Mail: john.holmes@northumbria.ac.uk

Chartered Environmentalist - Personal Carbon Footprint 8 Tons*

The Job - I get enormous satisfaction from being a university lecturer, it's very seasonal work - like being a farmer or tour rep. Students enrol, they learn things, they grow in confidence and ability, eventually they graduate and become rich and successful (in most cases). Many graduates become friends, or at least stop and chat when you meet them in the street. This is an exciting and rewarding process to be involved in.

Lecturing - My lecturing style is loosely based on Eddie Izzard (but without the frocks). I try to make things understandable and enjoyable. When I joined the School I taught construction technology and land economics. My teaching has evolved to incorporate my personal and research interests in sustainable development and design, specifically the module Sustainable Real Estate on the MSc Real Estate Management programme.

Research & Consultancy - My interest in sustainability has developed into consultancy work as a BREEAM assessor. BREEAM, the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method, provides a benchmark of environmental credentials for developers and design teams. Working with architects and engineers to improve the environmental performance of their buildings provides insights into current trends which can be incorporated into research and teaching.

I have given talks to many groups on Environmental Sustainability and as a result of my research and consultancy work over the past ten years, I have been elected as a Chartered Environmentalist in the Society for the Environment www.socenv.org.uk

*actually this isn't very good (but it is better than it was last year). I am taking active steps to reduce this and will keep a record on this site.

Research Publications

Capper G, Holmes J and Brown G, (2008) Health and Wellbeing in a deep plan, aire-conditioned commercial property. RICS COBRA Conference, Dublin 2008

Dobson G. (Sustainable Cities Research Institute) and Holmes J. (2007) Affordable Housing Research Project, Final Report for National Housing Federation

Currie J., Capper G., Holmes J. (2006) Energy efficiency improvements through sunspace augmentive positive input ventilation buildings EPIC / AIVC Annual conference Lyon France 20 22 November 2006

Holmes J., Capper C., Hudson G., (2006) LIFT: 21st century health care centres in the United Kingdom Journal of Facilities Management Vol 4 No 2 pp 99-109

Holmes J., Capper G., Hudson G. (2006) Public private partnerships in the provision of health care premises in the UK. International Journal of Project Management 24 (2006) 566-572

Capper G., Holmes J Hudson G, and Currie J I . (2005). The use of an Environmental Assessment Tool in Health Care Buildings. Proceedings of the 2005 World Sustainable Building Conference, Tokyo.

Capper G., Hudson G. and Holmes J (2004). Focus on primary care facilities. Journal of the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management. March 2004 Vol. 58 No. 3. ISSN 0957-7742

Capper G., Hudson G. and Holmes J (2004). Incorporating a Sustainable Dimension into Primary Health Care. Final report B (02) 12 for NHS Estates.

Capper G., Hudson G., Holmes J and Astley P. (2004). Primary care LIFT premises in areas of social disadvantage. FPH/NHS Alliance/UK Sustainable Development Commission/King’s Fund Joint conference – Primary care and sustainable development in communities. May 2004, London

Capper G., Hudson G., Holmes J and Astley P. (2004). Primary Care Trusts and Leadership in Sustainability. NHS Alliance and Sustainable Development Commission.

Holmes J and Griffiths (2003) D Attitudes towards Sustainability and the Energy Performance of Building Directive in the UK European Real Estate Society Conference, Helsinki

Hudson G., Capper G. and Holmes J (2003) Creative tension – balancing research, teaching and vocational coherence. International Conference on Integrating teaching with Research and Practice in the Built Environment “Building the Link”, September 2003, Oxford

Capper G., Hudson G. and Holmes J (2003). The implication of PFI on health care premises engineering design, durability and maintenance. Institute of Mechanical Engineers International Conference on Healthcare Engineering – latest Developments and Applications. London pp. 33-41, ISBN 1 86058 429 2.

Hudson G., Capper G. and Holmes J (2003) The Use of NEAT in the design, procurement and management of primary healthcare premises. IHEEM Conference, Harrogate, 2003.

Holmes J (2002) The Property Dimension of Corporate Social Responsibility European Real Estate Society Conference, Glasgow

Holmes J. and Hudson G (2002) The initial perception of and reaction to the climate change levy. RICS Cutting Edge Conference, Oxford 2001.

Hudson G. and Holmes J. (2002) The role of BREEAM in design and marketing: A Case study. Journal of Corporate Real Estate Vol. 5 No. 1. pp. 66-78 Henry Stewart Publications. ISSN 1463-001X

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