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Educational Visit to a Retrofit Project and Offsite Manufacturing Facility
Feb 18, 2025

Summary Students from Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) have been learning first hand from the deep retrofit of Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST)’s National Retrofit Centre.
The agenda included the following:
-1hr tour of ‘A-Lab’ (the building being retrofit) including a chat with the contractors carrying out the works.
-40 min tour of ‘Z-Lab’ (working offsite manufacturing facility + various demonstrator builds and products)
-20 min group discussion/ summary / reflections on what’s been learned – One of our former AT students will be hosting the visit. He kindly offered to answer any questions students might have about life after graduation as an AT In general.
People Suha Jaradat
Org Units School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Research Areas Environmental Management/Climate change
Timber engineering
Art and design
Education
Offsite construction and Innovative Structures
Themes AI and Technologies
Environment
Health
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Higher Education Research
Centre for Mind and Creativity Research
URL https://www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/news/be-st-retrofit-site-visit
This news contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being
SDG 4 - Quality Education
SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 13 - Climate Action