Over the last 50 years, CAT has played a crucial role in many successful sustainability-related businesses, including Hawkland, an ecological design and build company based in Bristol. Director and CEO, David Copeland, shares how knowledge, skills and connections gained at CAT have supported the business so far.
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Designs for Life
Through CAT’s MArch Sustainable Architecture course, students take a genuinely collaborative approach to improving life in an urban environment. Gwyn Stacey, Senior Lecturer, and Dr Carl Meddings, Programme Leader, explain the impact this unique course has on both students and the communities they engage with.
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Understanding insulation
To reduce energy use and cut emissions, we need to insulate millions of UK homes, but choosing the right material isn’t always straightforward. We explore some of the options.
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Short course spotlight – Renewables for Households: Heat Pumps
Explore the science, weigh up the costs and benefits, and calculate the emissions reductions of heat pumps, to decide if this technology is right for you.
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Short course spotlight: Fixing your damp house
Experienced conservation builder Nathan Goss looks at how to spot and tackle damp problems in old or traditionally built houses, helping create more comfortable, easier to heat, energy-efficient spaces.
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Get warmed up to install a heat pump
As gas bills soar and the need for climate action becomes more urgent by the day, measures to reduce our heating needs and switch away from fossil fuel heating are more important than ever. Joel Rawson runs through recent changes to financing home heating upgrades and some things to bear in mind to make installing and running a heat pump straightforward.
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IndiNature receive £3m investment to open UK factory
CAT Graduate company IndiNature have received £3m in funding from the Scottish National Investment Bank to open the first dedicated natural insulation UK factory.
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Build Tight, Ventilate Right
Reducing the amount of energy we use to heat our homes is one of the key ways we can tackle greenhouse gas emissions. Joel Rawson looks at the role of airtightness and ventilation in creating comfortable, energy efficient buildings.
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Building with nature in mind
How can we make our own homes and buildings as wildlife-friendly as possible? Gwyn Stacey looks at what we can do as householders and at the role the building and architecture professions can play in helping nature thrive.
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A helping hand for winter wildlife
This time of year can be tough for birds and other wildlife. Dulcie Fairweather offers a few simple tips to help them make it through to spring.