About the course

In the Sustainable Real Estate: Creating a Better Built Environment online short course, you’ll learn how to find opportunities within sustainability challenges in the built environment. The course addresses and analyses the ecological, social, and governance aspects of real estate. With this overview of industry trends and risks, you’ll examine how sustainable real estate can contribute to a more resilient and inclusive society, and positively impact communities.

This course is for professionals who want to understand the sustainability challenges facing the real estate sector, and want the knowledge and insights to implement resilient measures to address these challenges. Real estate developers, entrepreneurs, city planners, architects, engineers, and other built environment professionals will learn about the latest planning and design considerations, as well as opportunities for sustainable development. Public sector professionals will have the opportunity to study the impact of sustainability on society, systems, and the broader built environment, and explore solutions to potential challenges. Investment professionals will also gain value from the course, as they realise the impact of climate change on real estate investments and the value behind delivering a sustainable built environment.

Gain valuable and relevant skills, and walk away with:

• Insight into the sustainability challenges facing the sector
• An understanding of how sustainability is helping to redesign buildings and cities
• Tools and frameworks to respond to sustainability challenges
• The ability to influence your organisation’s success by implementing sustainable strategies
• A personal action plan to implement a sustainable approach in your sphere of influence

CPD certified

This course is certified by the United Kingdom CPD Certification Service and may be applicable to individuals who are members of, or are associated with, UK-based professional bodies. The course has an estimated 60 hours of learning.

Note: should you wish to claim CPD activity, the onus is upon you. CISL and GetSmarter accept no responsibility, and cannot be held responsible, for the claiming or validation of hours or points.

Learn to lead in a changing world

Join over 24,000 students globally who have already benefited from the opportunity to:

• Gain verifiable and relevant competencies and earn invaluable recognition from a top-tier university, entirely online and in your own time.  
• Enjoy a personalised, people-mediated online learning experience that consistently achieves over 90 per cent course certification rate.
• Experience a flexible but structured approach to online education as you plan your learning around your life to meet weekly milestones.

Explore effective sustainable real estate strategies as you work through the weekly modules of this online short course

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Delivered in Collaboration with GetSmarter

The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is collaborating with digital education provider GetSmarter, a brand of 2U, Inc., to provide an interactive and supported online learning experience.

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