CONSULTING WITH EXPERTS
UCL is seventh in the world’s top ten universities
(QS Rankings 2015) and the UK’s top-rated
university for research strength (REF 2014). With
over 6,000 academic and research staff, £1 billion
turnover, and students from 150 countries, we are
London’s Global University.
UCL Consultants is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
UCL.
Web: www.uclconsultants.com
UCL Consultants is one of the UK’s leading
providers of academic consultancy. Drawing
on the best of UCL, we can connect you with
critical specialist knowledge and first-class
research facilities, or provide the access to
leading researchers you need. With experience
in working with clients large and small, our
commercial and contractual experience allows
UCL’s academic input to be successfully
integrated into your project.
Email: info@uclconsultants.com
Phone: +44(0)20 7679 9796
UCL consulting capabilities:
Built environment
Delivered by UCL Consultants Ltd
Cover image ©2015, P. Dimmers.
At UCL we undertake a wide variety of work
into the built environment. Our research
focuses around multidisciplinary teams
spanning policy, science, engineering and
the social sciences. This means we can take
different approaches for different issues,
allowing us to understand and tackle some
of the world’s most pressing problems. From
energy efficiency to interchange design, UCL
can help you.
Image ©2015, P. Dimmers.
Our accomplishments include:
• Influenced the development of guidance
and regulations at regional, national, and
international levels regarding the effect
of the built environment on energy use,
health, and carbon mitigation measures.
Services and capabilities offered:
UCL brings value when:
• Building modelling and analysis
• Advising on infrastructure renewal or build
• Policy evaluation
• Supporting policy development
• Technology reviews
• Pioneering new techniques and materials
• Measurement of system performance
• Analyzing risk to people or performance
• Bespoke training
• Developing skills
© 2015, P. Dimmers. Urban rail line in Hanoi.
• Demonstrated that lower levels of
brightness are required for white
streetlights than for yellow sodium vapour
lights. Switching to these dimmer lights led
to energy savings of 30–40% and saved
113 GWh of electricity in 2012 alone.
• UCL research on the use of private finance
initiatives (PFI) in public infrastructure
has formed the basis of training for
practitioners.
Research themes:
• Air quality and pollution
• Architectural ecology and experimentation
• Building information modelling (BIM)
• Building forensics & diagnostics
• Construction and project management
• Energy and resource consumption
• Enterprise management and economics
• Health, human well-being and performance
• Innovation in facilities management
• Lighting
• New craft and technologies
• Smart cities
• Transport systems and infrastructure
• Urban design, renewal and governance
• Urban modelling and simulation
• Visualisation and mapping