Cardiff University

BRE Trust centre of excellence in Sustainable Engineering in Cardiff University was set up in 2006.  It aims to ‘pave the way for a new generation of digital buildings that have lifelong resilience and adaptability to their environment, usage and occupancy’. Over the past 11 years, BRE Trust has sponsored 22 PhD studentships in the centre and 5 of which are in progress. BRE Trust centre in Sustainable Engineering has 5 academic staff, 5 research staff, 1 honorary staff and 31 currently registered PhD students in total. During 2016 to 2017, centre has published 34 refereed journals, 1 book, and 12 conference proceedings and reports. Our centre also owns virtual reality lab, cloud computing and 3D scanner research facilities. BRE Trust centre of excellence in Sustainable Engineering in Cardiff University was set up in 2006.  It aims to ‘pave the way for a new generation of digital buildings that have lifelong resilience and adaptability to their environment, usage and occupancy’. Over the past 11 years, BRE Trust has sponsored 22 PhD studentships in the centre and 5 of which are in progress. BRE Trust centre in Sustainable Engineering has 5 academic staff, 5 research staff, 1 honorary staff and 31 currently registered PhD students in total. During 2016 to 2017, centre has published 34 refereed journals, 1 book, and 12 conference proceedings and reports. Our centre also owns virtual reality lab, cloud computing and 3D scanner research facilities.Building resilience is the highlight of the research themes in the centre, the funded research around this theme is primarily focusing on four aspects:

• Environmental/Natural resilience
• Urban systems resilience
• Building systems resilience
• Infrastructure Structural resilience

In addition, Centre covers research area of smart material & products, virtual manufacturing & supply chain management, building intelligence, energy & sustainability and comfort, health & well-being.