The British Research Establishment (BRE) Trust has announced funding for five PhD programmes at the School of Civil and Building Engineering at Loughborough University.

The research programme will cover:

- High performing buildings: including building information modelling and design, energy demand reduction, ventilation, thermal and daylight simulation, monitoring and post-occupancy evaluation.


- Sustainable construction: including sustainability management, assessment and informatics, responsible and ethical sourcing of materials, sustainable procurement and supply chains, waste minimisation and resource efficiency.

- Resilient buildings and communities: including disaster risk reduction, community resilience, flooding research, condition monitoring and assessment of buildings and civil infrastructure.

Professor Jacqui Glass, Professor of Architecture and Construction at Loughborough University, said: "This significant support from BRE Trust builds upon our Royal Academy of Engineering Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Building Design status, and will extend the internationally leading research undertaken in our School in this area."

(LM/CD)