Professor Robyn Phipps is the Professor in Construction and Director of Research for the School of Built Environment at Massey University. She has extensively researched the performance of homes and schools including heating, ventilation and energy efficiency. Universal design and health and safety are further research area. She is dedicated to creating environments that promote wellbeing for the occupants and the workers that make the buildings. She is Co-Director of the He Kainga Oranga Healthy Housing Research Group that was presented with the 2014 Prime Ministers Science Research Team Prize. She is a Director of the New Green Building Council and a Trustee of the Property Foundation and founding member of the Indoor Air Quality Research Centre.