Sustainable Materials in the Built Environment
Join our postgraduate students on a CAT teaching week and deep dive into an exploration of sustainable building materials.
Find out what it is like to study on one of our postgraduate courses at CAT as you delve into the environmental impacts of different building materials, using sustainable materials in practice, and explore the advantages and potential disadvantages of a wide array of different building materials.
Key Information
- Duration: five days
- Upcoming dates: Monday 15 to Friday 19 June
- Start and finish times: starts at 10am and ends at 3pm on the last day
- Fees: £700
- Includes: tuition, all materials, lunch (accommodation can be booked separately)
- What to bring: good boots and waterproof clothing is advised
- Terms and Conditions:
- You must be 18 years or over to attend our courses.
- For full list of terms and conditions click here
Attendees will receive a certificate of attendance for joining the course at the end of the week. If attendees wish to enrol on a postgraduate course at CAT and take the module within their future course, they will be able to receive a discount on tuition costs.
Who is this course aimed at?
This week is aimed at people who wish to have a taster of studying at postgraduate level at CAT, with an interest in building more sustainably/
What you will learn
During this short course participants will look the environmental impacts, wider social and health implications, performance and usability of a range of sustainable building materials.
Topics covered includes:
- Materials used for transformational adaptation planning
- Resource limitations to materials
- Natural and synthetic fibre insulations
- Moisture handling and materials in renovation
- Straw bale construction
- Cementitious materials (limes and cements)
- Hemp and binder construction and use in renovation
- Composite materials and boards
- Modular pre-fabricated building components
- Timber and wood-based materials
- Earth and clay building (e.g. rammed earth, light earth)
- Environmental assessment methods for materials (e.g. life cycle assessment, embodied energy, embodied carbon)
- Modern methods of sustainable construction
- Environmental Impacts of materials (CO2, biodiversity, pollution)
- Health impacts and safety
How will I learn
Through pre-reading and some pre-recorded introductory lectures, live in-person lectures, discussions, group activities and practical activities at CAT and on field trips.
This short course is part of the teaching week for the MSc module Sustainable Materials in the Built Environment.
Please be aware there may be some activities and content during the week only available to students, where an activity isn’t appropriate for the short course attendee, we will endeavour to arrange a replacement activity.
Tutors
Tim is an Architect and Programme Leader of the Sustainability & Adaptation suite of programmes and also the MSc Sustainability in Energy Provision and Demand Management.
Anna Poston is a senior lecturer and tutor on the Green Building, SA, SEPDM and SBC Programmes. With a background in Architectural design and research, she lectures in sustainable design, environmental architecture, building performance and sustainable building materials.
Other tutors and lecturers
Alongside the module leaders, teaching sessions will also be led by other expert Graduate School staff who will join students on-site or through live streams.
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