Jaime Bainbridge
PhD Student
UCL
Jaime brings over 18 years of industry experience in environmental consultancy, with a particular emphasis on sustainability and climate risk within the commercial real estate sector. She has also completed an policy advisor internship at the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero in the Decarbonisation Commercial Buildings Team giving her insights into how to make her research applicable to policy makers. Overall, her extensive background provides a real-world perspective to her academic pursuits.
Jaime earned a MSc in Environmental Design and Engineering from University College London (UCL) in 2011, graduating with distinction. Her master’s research included a post-occupancy evaluation of “One Brighton,” an innovative sustainable development project.
Outside academia, Jaime enjoys playing beach volleyball. It’s a fabulous sport for fun, exercise and to meet new people.
Improving building performance through better feedback: understanding the effectiveness of Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) studies
Jaime is a 3rd year PhD researcher examining why post-occupancy evaluation (POE) remains underutilised despite its potential to improve building performance. Applying systems thinking methods, she investigates how commercial incentives, stakeholder priorities, industry practices, and policy frameworks shape the uptake of building performance evaluation across the construction and building value chain. Her research identifies the barriers, incentives, and leverage points that influence how POE is adopted and used, generating insights to support more effective decision-making across industry and policy.