Rate My Professor Stephen Pretlove

Pretlove brings over 30 years of academic experience in built environment departments across UK universities, including prior roles at Kingston University and the University of Lincoln. He is a chartered engineer in the UK, a chartered member of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), and a LEED educational programme reviewer. His educational background encompasses construction, engineering, architecture, and environmental design, with qualifications including an MSc in Construction Management and a PhD in Civil Engineering (Construction Management). His research specializations centre on sustainability in the built environment, adopting a holistic perspective on building design, construction, and occupancy. Key areas include Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) of social housing to measure performance against design goals, indoor environmental quality, ventilation, mould growth, house dust mites, lean construction, and habitability design for extreme environments such as deep space missions. Notable publications comprise 'Sources of occupational stress in UK construction projects: an empirical investigation and agenda for future research' (2025, Smart and Sustainable Built Environment), 'The perfect boring situation—Addressing the experience of monotony during crewed deep space missions through habitability design' (2014), 'Post occupancy evaluation of social housing designed and built to Code for Sustainable Homes levels 3, 4 and 5' (2016), and 'Lean and sustainable construction: a systematic critical review of 25 years of IGLC research' (2019).