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Historical UK building context:
Archetype, age and period of existing building stock in the UK
Building features typical of existing buildings – floor, wall, roof type
Traditional materials and methods of construction:
Traditional building materials properties, limitations and behaviour in existing buildings
Traditional building methods of construction in existing buildings
Sustainable building retrofit methods and standards:
UK Building standards and its context towards building retrofit
Sustainable evaluation of building retrofit
Methods of best practice retrofit of buildings
Examples of different building retrofit methods, case studies, trials and new materials
Social considerations in building retrofit
Traditional building services, ventilation, heating and cooling

Upon completion of this module you will be able to
LO1: Understand the historical building attributes of domestic and non-domestic buildings
LO2: Critically appraise the principles of traditional materials and methods of construction in existing UK buildings
LO3: Discuss the relevant sustainable standards for the appropriate retrofit of buildings
LO4: Assess and propose sustainable methods of retrofitting domestic and non-domestic buildings