About

Cath brings a wealth of practical experience to the modules that she leads and teaches on. She has experience of many building types and especially educational design which allow her to support particular themes in the teaching portfolio.

In recent years she has helped develop designs for green roofs and exploited their use on schools; the Norfolk Community Primary School and Sharrow School being exemplars of this work.

Cath has presented external talks, published conference papers, and been interviewed on radio, television and film about her work and research primarily related to green roof implementation and sustainable construction.

Teaching

Department of the Natural and Built Environment

College of Social Sciences and Arts

Publications

World green roof conference-London 2010 ‘reflection, learning and application’.

Sustainable architecture and urban development- tripoli, Libya 2009, joint author ‘didactic interrogation of case study features in the pursuit of learning in sustainable architecture'.

Ciria (construction industry research and information association) building greener guidance document, case study contributor.

21st century schools article contributor to 2nd issue of 21st century schools, with a case study of Norfolk primary school.

Other activities

Awards:

Sharrow School 2008/9:

Society of Chief Architects of Local Authorities Awards (SCALA) - Civic Building of the Year (jointly with Manchester Civil Justice Centre)

Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors( RICS) Pro-Yorkshire awards - Design Innovation category-Winner

Royal Institute of British Architects White Rose Awards (RIBA) - Sustainable Futures Award-GOLD

Sharrow School cited in ‘Building for a Changing Climate’ Professor Peter F Smith

Speaking:

Cabe Sustainable Building Network-Leeds, 2010, Sharrow School case study

CIBSE –Green Roofs and Building Services seminar (London) Oct 2007

AECB Member (Association for Environmentally Conscious Building)

RIBA Part 3 Professional Examiner