Recognition
- 2019: Member of Scientific Committee of "Architecture and City as a Home" - Finnish research symposium - www.atut.fi (Oct 3rd-5th 2019)
- 2018 - present: invited member of the Formas Expert Review Panel for Sustainable Development annual open call 2018 – Swedish Research Council, Stockholm
- 2018: Invited on architectural judging panel of 2018 UK Student Passivhaus competition
- 2018 & 2019: member of recruitment panel process for Professorships in Sustainability at AAA.
- 2018-present: External Examiner of the MSt (Masters of Studies) in Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment, Department of Architecture and Engineering, Cambridge University
- 2017: Recognition as Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and FHEA (2015)
- 2017-present: Technical Panel Member of PLEA (Passive and Low Energy Architecture) 2018 Conference.
- 2017: selected as Bartlett PhD Alumni Role Model
- 2016: Sheffield School of Architecture recognition for contributions to the school in my first year
- 2016-present: paper reviewer for PLEA & academic journals Energy & Buildings, BRI, ICE, BSERT, SBE and ATUT conferences and others
- 2016-2018: Member of Editorial Team as Associate Editor (Social Media Editor) for Building Research Information (BRI) journal
- 2016-present: corresponding Technical member of UK Centre for Moisture in Buildings, UCL
- 2016: member of UKGBC ‘Healthy Homes’ Group
- 2015: One of 12 RIBA Role models in architecture (2015), as part of the RIBA’s Equality & diversity project.
- 2013-present: RIBA/CIC Equality/Diversity mentor
- 2013-present: Corresponding steering group member of Sustainable Traditional Building Alliance
- 2013: 1 of 13 Stars of Building Science in Virtual Academy of Excellence, Building 4 Change (BRE)
- 2013: UKGBC Highly Commended 'Rising Star Award' for publication The Environmental Design Pocketbook
- 2013: Listed as 1 of 20 ‘Women influencing Sustainable Architecture’, by the Architects Journal
- 2012 & 2013: Public Prize for best Research Poster at LOLO Colloquium, UCL, The Bartlett
- 2012: Commendation by RIBA President's Medal for Outstanding Practice Located research (for The Environmental Design Pocketbook)
Selected endorsements for The Environmental Design Pocketbook
"This is the most comprehensive and authoritative single reference work in the field of sustainable design. The new edition consolidates its reputation." Prof. Dean Hawkes, University of Cambridge
“The first edition of Sofie Pelsmakers’ book has been rightly acclaimed as ‘must have’, ‘essential’ and ‘comprehensive’. This new edition brings us up to date on recent changes to regulations, practices and understanding. The information is easily accessible and guides you from the general to the particular, assisted by delightful diagrams and drawings, all backed up with references. Get it! ” Robin Nicholson, Cullinan Studio
“A simply brilliant book. A must have for anyone interested in the why, what and how to design and deliver sustainable buildings. Accessible, educational, practical, common-sense and evidence-based, a book that you’ll refer to again and again. If everyone involved in the policy and practice around green building read and used the Environmental Design Pocketbook as a matter of course, we’d be a whole lot closer to making sustainable development happen for real.” Paul King (CEO UK Green Building Council; Vice-Chair World-GBC; Chair-man Zero Carbon Hub)
