BSc(Eng), MSc, PhD Glas, FIPENZ, FIRHACE, FCIBSE, C Eng
Professor of Building Science
School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington
Dr George Baird is a Professor of Building Science at the School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington
George is a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (UK), the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand and a Foundation Member of the New Zealand Energy Management Association.
George was a recipient of the 1999 NZ Science and Technology Bronze Medal; the 2002 IPENZ Technical Award in the field of Energy Engineering; and the 2006 International Pioneers of the World Renewable Energy Network Award.
His major book publications include: Energy Performance of Buildings; Building Evaluation Techniques; Architectural Expression of Environmental Control Systems; and the just published Sustainable Buildings in Practice – What the Users Think (Routledge, 2010), a worldwide survey of users’ perceptions of sustainable buildings.
Baird, G., Donn, M.R., Pool, F., Brander, W.D.S. and Chan, S.A.
Energy Performance of Buildings
CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1984
Baird, G, Gray, J., Isaacs, N., Kernohan, D. and McIndoe, G.
Building Evaluation Techniques
McGraw Hill, New York, 1996
Baird, G
The Architectural Expression of Environmental Control Systems
Spon Press, London, 2001
Baird, G. and Oosterhoff, H.
Users’ perceptions of health and productivity in sustainable buildings’
Environment Design Guide, February 2010, GEN 33, pp1-10, AIA, Melbourne
Baird, G.
Incorporating user performance criteria into Building Sustainability Rating Tools (BSRTs) for buildings in operation’
Sustainability – Special issue on Environmental Sustainability and the Built Environment, 2009, 1(4), 1069-1086.
