Prof. Dr. Derek Clements-Croome is a professor of Construction Engineering, Deputy Chairman of the  Intelligent Buildings Group Management Committee; Chairman of the Natural Ventilation Group; the Education and Learning Group; and the Whole Life Performance Task Group of the Chartered Institution of  Building Service Engineers. He received his MSc in Vibrational Physics from Imperial College in 1966 and got his PhD in Building Environmental Engineering from Loughborough University in 1978. His research interests include intelligent buildings; design of workplaces; logistic support analysis; individual environmental control; low-energy buildings; indoor air quality; alternative approaches to heating, ventilating and air conditioning of buildings; and innovation sustainability in design, construction, and operation. He edits and founded the Intelligent Buildings International Journal published by Taylor and Francis and is a Coordinator of CIB Commission W098 Intelligent and Responsive Buildings. Derek is also a Commissioner for Hammersmith and Fulham and Haringey, BEE for the CABE arm of the Design Council, Fellow of the BRE Academy, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.