About us
The Technologies for Sustainable Built Environments (TSBE) Centre was established with EPSRC funding. This confirms the University of Reading's status as an international centre of excellence for construction technology, climate modelling and business enterprise research.
We are proud to be part of the School of Construction Management and Engineering at the University of Reading. The school is a world leader in teaching and research and attained a top international rating of 5 in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise. It has a global reputation for innovation, focused on real-world problems facing the management of the built environment, attracting academics, students and industry professionals of the highest calibre
The TSBE Centre is an Industrial Doctorate Centre specialising in the Engineering Doctorate (EngD) programme. We offer the expertise of internationally renowned academics to UK industry to develop their research. Through our academic experience and the research of the EngD students, industry will be better equipped to respond to the challenges of sustainability and climate change by reducing the environmental impact of construction and its carbon footprint.
The TSBE Centre research is structured around the following themes:
- Sustainable building and services systems
- Energy management in buildings and infrastructure systems
These two main themes will be supported by these areas of research:
- Climate, climate change and the built environment
- Sustainable materials and structures
- Innovation, design and sustainable technologies
- Informatics for sustainable technologies