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Although all new UK buildings will need to be zero carbon by 2019, the majority of carbon emissions and environmental impact comes from existing buildings. Birmingham School of Architecture at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design are involved in a unique research project on zero carbon retrofit of buildings. We are developing methods and tools through experimental research, including monitoring and post occupancy evaluation of a zero carbon retrofit house. The work has a potential for a significant impact on UK carbon emissions and the UK economy.
We are seeking suitably qualified and enthusiastic PhD candidates to pursue research within our Low Carbon Retrofit programme, running within our Centre for Low Carbon Research. The successful applicant will have an opportunity to join this research programme at the forefront of the current state of the art and influence its future development.
Candidates should hold a good honours degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline and be committed to studying for a PhD. Experience of sustainable building design, building performance monitoring or building simulation would be an advantage.
The successful applicant for a Research Bursary will receive a tax-free living allowance of £13,590 per year (paid monthly) and a fee-waiver for full-time home student PhD enrolment, for three years subject to satisfactory performance being maintained.
For further information about BIAD Research please see http://www.biad.bcu.ac.uk/research/site/pages/home.php
and for further details about this studentship please see http://www.biad.bcu.ac.uk/research/site/pages/clcr.php
Download Zero Carbon Doctoral Application Form - here
Download Zero Carbon Doctoral Reference Form - here
The closing date for applications is close of business on 10th June 2011. Interviews will be held on 27th June.
Informal enquiries to:
Dr Lubo Jankovic - lubo.jankovic@bcu.ac.uk
Professor David Durling - david.durling@bcu.ac.uk
Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD) is a mature and well-founded academic environment. With a distinctive 125-year history in the field of Art, Design and Architecture, BIAD has a reputation for excellence, and its research is recognised as world-leading.
BIAD had considerable success in the RAE2008. A 30|30|20|20 score in UoA63 placed the faculty among the top twelve art and design institutions in the UK. Notably, the research environment was flagged as 4*
Research in the Faculty covers a wide range of subject interests, including in recent years, interdisciplinary research with other faculties in the University. For example, the Well-being initiative, developed jointly with the Faculty of Health, has attracted much interest and is generating innovative research. In addition there is a research cluster based around Low Carbon Design, which also involves colleagues from the Faculty of Technology, Engineering and the Environment. There are also other research clusters.
The School of Architecture at Birmingham City University is one of the Schools in BIAD. The School was first established just over a century ago celebrated its centenary in 2008.
The School is located in recently refurbished accommodation at the Gosta Green campus, near to Birmingham City Centre. This campus also accommodates the Schools of Fashion, Textiles and Three Dimensional Design, Visual Communication and the School of and provides teaching accommodation for over 2,000 creative arts and design students. The Faculty also delivers courses at Margaret Street (Fine Art), Vittoria Street (Jewellery) and Bournville Centre for Visual Arts (Foundation).
The University has plans to develop a major new creative arts and media campus on land recently purchased in Birmingham Eastside, adjacent to Millennium Point. The new campus will accommodate the Schools and provisions currently at Gosta Green.
The School of Architecture employs around 60 academic, research, technical and administrative staff (including a large number of visiting tutors). There are approximately 450 full-time and part-time students enrolled on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Around 26% of the School’s students are members of ethnic minority groups, and a significant percentage attend part time.
The School is responsible for the following portfolio of awards:
BA (Hons) Architecture (RIBA Part I) FT/PT
BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture FT/PT
Graduate Diploma Landscape Architecture PT
MA Architectural Design FT
MArch Architecture (RIBA Part II) FT/PT
PGDip/MA Architectural Practice (RIBA Part III) PT
PGDip/MA Landscape Architecture FT/PT
MA Urban Design FT/PT
MPhil
PhD
The suite of courses in the School of Architecture has recently been fully revalidated by the RIBA for Parts I, II and III and prescribed by the Architects Registration Board. The Landscape Architecture courses are similarly validated by the Landscape Institute. The School maintains close links with the professional bodies locally and nationally. Amongst the staff are the past-President of the Landscape Institute, the current president of RIBA, and members of the RIBA Validation Panel and an ARB Examiner.
The School also has strong links with professional practice through a team of practitioner visiting tutors contributing to all courses and enjoys the support and sponsorship of several local organisations, practices and manufacturers.
Over the recent years the School of Architecture has developed a strong direction with all courses having been comprehensively reviewed with a view to strengthening the links between teaching and research. The School makes a significant contribution to the research profile of the Faculty through the Research Centre for Design and the Creative Industries, the Research Centre for Health and Well-being and the Centre for Low Carbon Research, recognised by the University as centres of research excellence and it has recently won substantial research funding from EPSRC and AHRC. The School also has a recent history of the successful management of Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programmes and is very active in third stream funded work. From 2006-09 it successfully hosted the CABE Summer School Programme.
This page updated: 11 May 2011
Research: BIADResearch@bcu.ac.uk
BIAD, Birmingham City University, Gosta Green, Birmingham B4 7DX