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Sustainable Real Estate: Creating a Better Environment

Start date: 25 February 2026 | End date: Wed 28 April 2026 | 6-10 hours per week | 60 hours formal CPD

Online

From £1880 + VAT

RICS and CISL: shaping a sustainable future for the Real Estate professionals

Overview

RICS is proud to collaborate with the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) to support professionals across the built environment in tackling the sustainability challenges facing our sector. By combining CISL’s academic expertise with RICS’s global standards and industry leadership, this partnership delivers the knowledge and skills needed to embed sustainability into real estate practice, creating environments that are resilient, responsible, and fit for the future.

What does the course cover?

Over 8-weeks, cohorts of multidisciplinary built environment professionals will learn about the latest planning and design considerations across the sector, as well as opportunities for sustainable development. The course addresses and analyses the ecological, social, and governance aspects of real estate.

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

Module 1: Real estate sector challenges and opportunities

Module 2: Frameworks and objectives for a sustainable real estate sector 

Module 3: Systems thinking for resilience

Module 4: Redefining the business value for sustainable real estate

Module 5: Design and procurement for sustainable real estate

Module 6: Sustainable operation of the built environment

Module 7: Developing a strategy and encouraging action

Module 8: Maximising your influence and impact

Learning outcomes

  •  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

Is this course for you?

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.

Through expert insight and guidance, you will develop a personal action plan to deliver a sustainable outcome in your own built environment context.

Testimonials

“The CISL Real Estate Sustainability course was excellent. The content was exhaustive and interesting, mixing theory with real projects. I am much more aware of the impacts of sustainability from a holistic point of view and know how to apply it to my day-to-day job. The online course made it flexible in terms of timing and allowed participants from across the globe. I would encourage anyone within real estate to sign up to this course.”

Charlotte May,

Director, Corporate Real Estate Solutions, Knight Frank

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Use of your information by CISL 

Your information will also be shared with Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) and their partner ‘GetSmarter’ as they are the organisation that run the course.  They will create an account for you and send you your enrolment and login details 2 weeks before the course starts.  The course starts with a one-week orientation week, followed by 8 weeks of learning. CISL can support you with any queries you have during the course itself. You can find out more about how CISL and GetSmarter process your personal information by reading their Privacy Policy

Important information: if the course has been bought, then the candidate decides to cancel the training, he/she will be eligible to a refund if the cancelation takes place within 21 days of the course start date. To submit a cancelation request, the learner will need to access the GetSmarter platform, then CISL will notify RICS to proceed with the refund. 

Price summary

RICS Member

GBP £1880 + VAT

Non-RICS Member

GBP £2100 + VAT

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