Week three of the Riverside Sunderland: University Design Challenge (#RSUDC21) and interactive webinar series continued with the theme ‘Health and wellbeing’ last night. The session was introduced by Tabitha Binding and chaired by Director at the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP), Simon Corbey.

#RSUDC21 is a design competition from MOBIE and Sunderland City Council together with TRADA’s University Engagement Programme. They have launched an exciting Urban Living Design Competition with major sponsor the Confederation of Timber Industries (CTI) to transform a spectacular site into a unique, carbon-neutral urban quarter – an extraordinary place to live, work and play.

Timecodes:

00:00 - Intro

Built Environment: the local context:
4:17 - Paula McMahon | North East Vice Chair and Teesside Chair, Institution of Civil Engineers

Timber: The benefits of using timber in the home for health and wellbeing:
10:26 - Dr Ed Suttie | Director, BRE

Masterplan: Benefits that natural materials bring to the built environment:
27:12 - Jamie Liversedge | Landscape Architecture, University of
Gloucestershire

External Air Quality: The influence of landscaping:
41:41 - Dr Alessio Russo | Landscape Architecture, University of
Gloucestershire

Internal Air Quality: Ventilation – natural and mechanical:
56:25 - Kate de Selincourt | Sustainable Construction - Energy – Environment, Kate de Selincourt

Visual and Thermal Comfort: Getting the basics right: balancing day & artificial light; under & overheating:

01.12:44 - Julie Godefroy | Technical Manager at CIBSE, Director, Julie Godefroy Sustainability Ltd

Acoustics: It’s all noise or is it? Design essentials:
01.31:44 - Jack Harvie-Clark | Managing Director, Apex Acoustics.

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