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MScSustainable Building Design

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Solent’s MSc Sustainable Building Design course is the ideal way for students from a wide range of academic backgrounds to pursue a career in this exciting and important sector. By providing you with a thorough understanding of both theory based and practical skills, you’ll graduate from this course as a specialist designer with the education and vision required to help create a sustainable future for the construction industry.

Throughout the CIAT accredited course, you’ll be encouraged to develop a holistic approach to reducing the carbon footprint created by buildings. Learning is centred around social, economic, and environmental aspects of design, otherwise known as the three pillars of sustainability. The curriculum introduces the essential academic theory that underpins each of these areas and explores the technical tools required to successfully plan performance-based building projects.

You’ll also be introduced to Building Information Modelling (BIM), working with an expert course team on a range of practical projects that simulate real workplace practices. These projects will help you to build a portfolio of practical work and introduce you to the essential tools and software packages used by the industry. You’ll also develop an understanding of globally renowned energy assessment methods such as BREEAM, LEED and Passivhaus.

The BRE Academy recognises the high level of real-world teaching at Solent. This means students on this course will be eligible to be fast-tracked to take the BREEAM AP qualification, and at a reduced fee. The qualifying period of three years’ work experience will also be waived.

The course benefits from extensive links with industry, formed over many years of delivering accredited courses with professional organisations (eg, CIAT, CIOB, SBID and CABE). Practitioners from a cross-section of the built environment industry contribute regularly to the academic process by providing real-world projects, guest lectures, site visits and informal mentoring sessions.

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    Student work

    Sustainable Building Design live briefs

    Live briefs (Sustainable Building Design)

    Course features

    • Specialist facilities

      This course has access to specialist facilities

    • Apply direct

      You can apply direct to Solent University for this course

    • Further studies

      After successfully completing your studies, there's an opportunity to continue your studies at Solent

    • Part-time option

      You can study this course part-time

    This course is for

    Solent’s postgraduate sustainable building design programme is ideally suited to candidates from a wide range of related disciplines.

    The curriculum is designed to be creative and inclusive, providing students with the opportunity to undertake a dissertation of a technical nature, or a design-based piece of final major project work.

    What this course leads to

    Sustainable building design is a fast-growing area, offering potential for employment in small, medium, and large companies.

    • Sustainable building designer
    • Sustainability champion
    • Strategic adviser
    • BIM manager/coordinator
    • Project manager

    Meet the team

    The University cannot guarantee any particular members of staff will teach specific aspects of the course in the future, but will endeavour to ensure the teaching team maintains their balance of experience and qualifications.

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