Course: An Introduction to Sustainability in the Built Environment

Sustainable Building can mean different things to different people. For some it means buildings draped in greenery – literally green buildings – with a focus on increasing biodiversity and increasing …

So let’s dive in with the big issue! What is the global sustainability challenge? It is a big question to start with, so we are going to try and break …

The issue of resource efficiency and construction is interrelated with major sustainability topics. The most important being: Climate change: every process involved in material production and construction is energy intensive, …

In years gone by, talking about climate change was the domain of scientists who rely very heavily (and rightly) on facts. It has since become an incredibly polarised and political …

It is worth looking at some other organisations to see how the way they structure themselves might be applied in your context. Below are some examples of different ways companies …