Personal Statement
Steve Sharples held the Chair in Sustainable Environmental Design in the Liverpool School of Architecture from 2011 to 2025. Previously, he was Dean of the Faculty of Architectural Studies at the University of Sheffield and Head of the School of Architecture at Sheffield Hallam University. Steve graduated with a First in Physics from the University of Nottingham before completing his PhD in wind-induced energy losses from tall buildings at the University of Sheffield.

Research Overview
Steve's research investigates the environmental impact and performance of buildings in the context of climate change and low carbon, sustainable design. He has worked across a broad range of subject areas, including energy, thermal comfort, ventilation, daylight, noise, climate change and sustainable design. Steve has held over 20 EPSRC awards and has been the principal or co-investigator for several major multidisciplinary research consortia developed through EPSRC managed programmes, including VivaCity2020, a study of urban sustainability (£2.91 million); URSULA, a study of urban rivers and sustainability (£2.5 million), SCORCHIO, a study of the impact of climate change on the urban built environment (£500,000) and COPSE, a study of probabilistic climate change weather data for the built environment (£729,000). Steve has held three awards from EPSRC’s Sustainable Cities programmes, together with other funding from BRE, ETSU, DTI and industry. He has also been awarded two Knowledge Transfer Partnership grants.
Steve has supervised around 45 PhD/MPhil students from the UK and overseas and current/recent projects have involved studies in Bahrain, China, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Turkey.
Steve is currently interested in receiving applications for PhD or MPhil studies in the following areas• sustainable urban environments• sustainable building design• adapting urban areas to climate change• climate-sensitive building design• thermal comfort in hot climates• air flow in and around buildings• daylight in buildings• eco-refurbishment of existing buildings• interactions between natural ventilation and urban noise