Students from the Saint-Gobain Sustainable Construction School, training in plasterboard installation at the Vaujours training centre in Seine-Saint-Denis, France. DEVELOPING AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH Training is not just for students. Collaboration between different disciplines such as architecture, engineering, environmental science, urban planning and construction techniques is also essential to meet the challenges facing the sector. To advance practices, it is vital to train professionals capable of understanding these interconnected aspects of construction. This approach is notably adopted by the Master’s in Architecture and Sustainable Urban Planning programme at the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology in India, with courses covering ecological design, sustainable materials, energy efficiency and resource management. ENGAGING INDUSTRY TO TRAIN SKILLED WORKERS Faced with the demographic emergency and the related demands of developers, industry must succeed in changing practices. To do this, several major companies are investing to train their partners and clients, all over the world, and so contribute to developing sustainable skills across the entire construction value chain. In France, Saint-Gobain has opened a professional training network entirely dedicated to this subject, the Sustainable Construction Schools. Since January 2022, more than 47 classes have started across France with an ambitious objective of 2,500 apprentices trained by 2028. © Cyrille Maury/Placoplatre DISCOVER the full article in our online magazine Constructing a sustainable future 83
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