Build a Tiny House (Sold out on this date)
20th May 2019 Short Course Gain the practical experience and key skills to build a tiny house all of your own. Whether you’re planning to build your own home or just want to pick up…
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Centre for Alternative Technology
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New courses at CAT Graduate School for 2019
MSc Green Building*, MSc Sustainable Ecology* & MSc Sustainability and Behaviour Change*
Explore building sustainably on our short courses
We offer a wide variety of courses exploring building using sustainable materials. Suitable for all levels.
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Build a Natural House (Sold out on this date)
27th May 2019 Short Course Build your own outhouse, a garden retreat or even extending or building your own home. Whatever your grand design, this practical course can help put some of those ideas into…
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Masters in Architecture Open Day
7th June 2019 Graduate School Open Days and Events Held during one of our Masters in Architecture module weeks, our Graduate School open days offer an authentic informative taster of what it’s like to study at CAT and provides you a…
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Gain the knowledge and skills to help address environmental change. CAT’s postgraduate courses are respected across the world, providing a big-picture, integrated approach to sustainability.
Zero Carbon Britain
To tackle climate change, all emissions that can go to zero must go to zero – as rapidly as possible. CAT’s Zero Carbon Britain research shows how this can be done using technology available today.
Educational Trips
Bring your school, college or educational group to CAT and start exploring positive solutions to environmental challenges.
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Short Courses
Gain practical skills and hands-on experience with one of our day, weekend or week-long sustainability courses.
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Net zero – let’s up the ambition!
2nd May 2019 Today’s Committee on Climate Change report is a clear call for strong government action – but it doesn’t go far enough. The urgency of the climate crisis requires radical solutions,…
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Can we reach zero carbon by 2025?
25th April 2019 Through researching and communicating a detailed model of a Zero Carbon Britain, CAT aims to stimulate debate around rapid decarbonisation, engage the research community and get society thinking in new…
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Easter holidays at CAT
11th April 2019 Pull on your wellies and get stuck in with the gardens team at CAT this Easter Holidays! It’s that time of year again when CAT’s gardeners are busy preparing beds,…
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Free Information Service
Wondering what you can do in your own home to help combat climate change? CAT’s free information service offers independent and impartial advice on a wide range of areas to help you live more sustainably.
Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
Generate electricity from the sun. Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels convert sunlight into electricity. You can use the electricity to power domestic appliances, and export excess energy to the grid. This…
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Natural and low impact building materials
Our page on low energy buildings talks about the ’embodied energy’ of building materials. This is the energy that was used in extraction, manufacture, and transportation. Another way of assessing…
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Energy saving at home
From the very earliest days of CAT we have focused on building and renovating to high levels of insulation, so that we consume less energy. Reducing our energy demand makes…
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