SSoA Students for Climate Action

24/01/2024

We will be kicking off our first event of the year tomorrow at 5pm in the Well!
We will be hosting John Sampson to talk about the 'Retrofit Resources' tool he, alongside some other university tutors have developed.
It's a fantastic resource for anyone interested in retrofit - links to websites, tools, databases, specification, lectures and details, alongside a range of sections from construction methods to risks, guides, carbon calculation and biobased materials!
All are welcome to join ✨

29/11/2023

⭐⭐⭐ FESTIVE SOCIAL ⭐⭐⭐

Sustainable decoration making to take home! We will be using recycled, foraged or biodegradable materials, bring your own along!
We'll also be recycling the decorations from the SUAS winter ball this weekend!

🍪 Gingerbread will be made by some amazing members of our team, and bring your own mug! ☕🫖

Join us at 5pm in the Well on Monday 4th December!

23/10/2023

🌟 first social of the year! 🌟

Tell your friends! Anyone can come.

Come along to the well on Thursday at 5-6pm for the very first Students for Climate Action social!
There will be 🍰 free cake 🍰
We will be making a collaborative collage zone which will be published online!

Please bring along positive and negative climate related newspaper clippings, article printouts or digital versions to add to the zine.
We'll provide pens, collage material etc.

Bring your own mug! We'll have tea available.

Great chance to meet other students who have climate at the top of their agenda.

08/05/2023

Join us tomorrow at 5pm for a talk by Richard Hawkes of Hawkes Architects.

This talk promises insight into industry priorities and questions just how sustainable the RIBA houses of the year are.

It’s a great talk for anyone entering practise soon so don’t miss out!!

09/03/2023

Join Students for Climate Action and ACAN’s Anna Gidman on Tuesday 14th for a chance to learn about natural materials!

If that’s not enough to temp you there’ll also be free snacks on offer!

27/02/2023

Join us on FRIDAY 3RD MARCH for a talk/Q and A with Aidan Hoggard
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Aidan will be talking about his book (which happens to be a great guide for sustainable design)!

This is a great opportunity to ask questions and get some tips and information for your Environment and Technology or Design modules!
There will also be free food on offer so don’t miss out!

21/02/2023

Embodied Carbon Calculator with Structure Workshop

We are pleased to welcome Max Claydon from Structure Workshop back to the school to provide input and support around the use of Embodied Carbon Calculators within practice.
The sessions and seminars are optional to attend and are open to both Y3 and MArch Students.

Introduction Talk:
1pm Friday 24th February
This online session will provide an introduction to carbon calculators and provide context around their use within practice. Max will then provide a demonstration of Structure Workshops own embodied carbon calculator.
Online: meet.google.com/usg-vbej-cyp

Workshop Seminars:
17th and 24th March
The introduction will be followed up by a series of group seminar sessions. The sessions will be in person in the Arts Tower. These will provide the opportunity for you to ask Max any questions that you might have, having utilised the tool within your own studio projects.
Google Sheet link to follow.

16/11/2022

Here is this weeks book recommendation: Designing for the Climate Emergency

This book contains lots of easy to understand diagrams and great information for making your projects more sustainable! It’s co-authored by one of SSoA’s staff, Aidan Hoggard and is available on the star plus library for students and staff. For those not affiliated with Sheffield, you can find this book on many places online such as Amazon.

If there are any books you would like to recommend for us to spotlight like this, please feel free to leave a comment.

11/11/2022

Key facts about COP27: What is it and where is it being held?

This posts gives a brief overview of the current COP27 event which is currently taking place. Held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt it is a two week event ending on the 18th of November.

For more information check out the website at: https://cop27.eg

29/05/2021

10/02/2021

We've organised a CLIMATE WEEK and got a great series of events lined up for you! Two fantastic lectures as well as a DESIGN CHARETTE, all centered around sustainability!

We'll be posting more information on our page as well as emailing SSoA members. As always, the two lectures are accessible to the public but you'll need to register on Eventbrite (links below). SSoA members, we'll automatically email you the meeting links.

DESIGN CHARETTE: Join us for a fun and relaxed afternoon of drawing! In teams mixed across different year groups, we invite you to imagine and create a positive vision for how we might live in the future. Big climate changes are coming and we need big and radical responses! There will be (edible!) prizes!

MONDAY LECTURE: Exeter City Living will talk about the development of PassivHaus homes in the city. 100 have already been built, with plans to complete 500 in the next 5 years, in addition to overseeing the construction of the UK's first PassivHaus leisure centre.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exeter-city-living-delivering-passivhaus-in-exeter-tickets-140830918067

THURSDAY LECTURE: MSc Sustainable Architecture alumni will present their previous studio work and discuss different strategies students and professionals can adopt to bring sustainability into design. There will be a Q&A so you can ask about the projects in detail.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/msc-sas-alumni-present-adopting-sustainable-strategies-in-building-design-tickets-141075910847

04/02/2021

Amazing work by Architects Climate Action Network! Sign the petition, find out more and how you can support the campaign here: https://www.architectscan.org/embodiedcarbon