During their stay, the students of the Master's Degree in design and Environmental Management of Buildings (MDGAE) were given the opportunity to acquire a international vision of sustainabilityThe backgrounds of the students in this program are the University of Cardiff were IndiaChina, the Philippines, Brazil, Germany, Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries.

This visit allowed them to learn first-hand about the research that is being developed in these areas at Cardiff UniversityThey had sessions with researchers and doctoral students from the university. The students delved into aspects of sustainability at the urban scale, attending classes and critiques by students of the Master's Degree in sustainable urbanism.

One of the most important specific aspects of the work done was the design for the use and control of daylightingmonitoring the performance of scale models in the solar simulation dome (skydome) at the University of Cardiff.

Among the various activities programmed, they visited, for example, the first home smart - carbon positive energybuilt in the United Kingdom. They also visited with students from Master's Degree of the Welsh School of ArchitectureEbbw Vale, an industrial valley related to the from The steel plant, which is deeply degraded after the dismantling of the industry, is undergoing a major renovation. It is currently undergoing a project of urban, social and economic reconversion and regeneration on a territorial scale. After learning about the Masterplan, they visited several of the recently constructed buildings, in which environmental criteria and strategies have been applied. Low Carbon.