Traditional Buildings and Heritage Matters

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About Course

A short, self-paced demo unit for retrofit and conservation professionals. Learn to place a building in its construction period and recognise the clues – polite vs vernacular styles, window types, roof pitches and wall construction – that shape how it should be repaired and upgraded.

Course Content

Unit 1: Establishing the Age of a Building

  • Establishing the Age of a Building
  • History of buildings
  • Reading the building
  • Breathing building
  • Becoming an Energy Detective: A 29-Million-Home Challenge
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  • Building Pathology and the Art of Defect Detection
  • Knowledge Check: Dating a Building