Speakers

Since completing his mechanical engineering degree, Adam has spent more than two decades working in air quality and thermal comfort. He spent his early career as a mechanical design engineer, initially designing domestic heating systems. He then spent a decade designing bespoke air distribution systems with a focus on enhanced thermal comfort. In 2016, he began promoting adoption of the soon to be released BB101 guidelines to MEP designers. This revolutionary standard aimed to improve air quality and thermal comfort in schools via implementation of demand-controlled heat recovery and natural ventilation solutions. In 2018, Adam began working internationally in the emerging field of indoor air cleaning technologies and founded ARM Environments, a specialist IAQ contractor. Adam holds positions in several prominent national and international indoor air quality roles in industry, including the chair of the Building and Engineering Services Association (BESA) IAQ Group, GCP Europe IAQ taskforce and is the UK industry representative for the Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC) he has recently become a member of the CIBSE Air Quality Working Group. Adam is involved in publicly-funded innovation programmes to further the deployment of innovative solutions for reducing exposure to air pollution, recently completing an innovate UK funded project using AI to transform the way facilities managers use energy and environmental quality data. Adam has been involved in the development of several international healthy building standards including fitwel and AirRated, he has previously had a role as WELL Faculty.