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Sebastian Laan Lomas

Perform+ Lead, Associate and Passivhaus Designer

MA Cantab PGDip ProfDip CEPH

Articles by Seb

What does the UK NZCBS mean to you and your project, now Version 1 is live?

The new standard is a vital re-focusing and puts an emphasis on proof -  does your building ‘do what it says on the tin’?

Building Performance
Climate Resilience
Article

What does the UK NZCBS mean to you and your project, now Version 1 is live?

Sebastian Laan Lomas
20 Mar 2026
Launch of Safe Schools for the Future

Safe Schools for the Future saw its official launch on 2nd September. Co-author and Architype’s associate Seb Laan Lomas shares an introduction to the guidance.

Schools
Technical Advice
News

Launch of Safe Schools for the Future

Sebastian Laan Lomas
5 Sept 2025
Our commitments to climate

For the first time in the 4.5 billion year history of the planet, our home, the climate impacts of our lives have exceeded the planet’s ability to self-heal.

Climate Resilience
News

Our commitments to climate

Sebastian Laan Lomas
15 Feb 2024
The British Standard everyone should be talking about

Why is it that the construction industry is so bad at examining its products in use and learning from them? What is Building Performance Evaluation?

Building Performance
Article

The British Standard everyone should be talking about

Sebastian Laan Lomas
6 Sept 2023
Climate justice is as critical as carbon

In the lead up to COP27 and during this year’s global climate strike, our teams in Edinburgh, Hereford and London took time to think about what as a practice we can do to help

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Article

Climate justice is as critical as carbon

Sebastian Laan Lomas
Architype
17 Nov 2022
How to achieve zero carbon estates

Seb Laan Lomas discusses how retrofit is crucial to combatting climate change

The Enterprise Centre
The Entopia Building
Building Physics
Net Zero Carbon Estates Strategies
Article

How to achieve zero carbon estates

Sebastian Laan Lomas
18 Jul 2022

Vision

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Climate

How do we put actions into words when it comes to the climate emergency?

Climate Resilience

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Circular Economy

How do we break down barriers to deliver imaginative circular economy solutions?

Transitioning to a Circular Economy

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Seb's Expertise

Building User Surveys

Thermal Imaging

Energy Performance Advisor

Regenerative Design Advisor

Soft Landings

Building Performance Evaluation [BPE]

Whole Life Carbon Assessment

Embodied Carbon Assessment

Circularity

Future Climate Modelling

Key Projects

RAU Innovation Village

RAU Innovation Village

Royal Agricultural University (RAU)

Forward-thinking sustainability

Higher Education
Strategic Advice
Science and Innovation
The Portman Estate Pattern Book

The Portman Estate Pattern Book

The Portman Estate

Scaleable retrofit strategy

Strategic Advice
Safe Schools for the Future

Safe Schools for the Future

Forestry Commission

Safe Timber Schools

Research & Consultancy
RAU Regenerative Roadmap

RAU Regenerative Roadmap

Royal Agricultural University

Responsible stewardship

Higher Education
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