Local firm leads creation of new Dingwall retail units
THREE new retail units have been made available to lease in Dingwall High Street following a major refurbishment led by a local firm.
Graham MacGregor...
Strategic partnership aims to advance greater use of sustainable building products
THE Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP) and BE-ST have announced a new partnership aimed at advancing the use of low-carbon and natural products...
Social value schemes find their place in company environmental strategies
Kobir Ahamed, sustainability manager at commercial roofing firm BriggsAmasco, says social value schemes are finding their place in environmental strategies
INITIATING a social value strategy...
Housing association honoured for sustainability achievements
KINGDOM Housing Association has revealed the organisation has won a Gold Green Apple Environment Award in the Scottish campaign to find the greenest individuals,...
Green Home Festival set to boost Scotland’s net zero ambitions
THE Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum is set to host a dedicated eco homes festival in 2022, designed to provide practical assistance and advice...
New partnership to use enhanced environmental monitoring to aid Scotland’s move to net zero
ENHANCED environmental monitoring is to be used to support Scotland's journey to net zero.
It comes following the forming of a new partnership between the...
Upskilling our existing workforce is key to getting apprentices ready for zero carbon
By Caitriona Jordan, head of retrofit programmes at Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC)
Scotland must reduce net greenhouse gas emissions, 40% of which come from...
Dalmarnock development to be designed for a ‘new era of living’
KEEPMOAT Homes is to deliver 48 new homes in Dalmarnock in Glasgow's east end after completing the purchase of land at French Street.
The range...
Work underway on build of Edinburgh’s ‘first’ net zero housing development
CCG (Scotland) Ltd has commenced construction of what has been described as Edinburgh's 'first' net zero housing development in the north west of the...
Scope 3 emissions guidance tipped to help meet net zero ambitions
GUIDANCE has been issued for the first time setting out how the emissions of buildings in operation can achieve net zero carbon.
The guidance has...
Advanced works underway on ‘next generation’ Glasgow building
DEANS Civil Engineering Scotland has commenced advanced works on behalf of CEG to prepare Glasgow's 33 Cadogan Street for development.
Works include installing sheet piling around...
Work begins on sustainable Edinburgh office initiative
WORK is underway to transform an office building located in the heart of Edinburgh’s Exchange District.
30 Semple Street will deliver 57,000 sq ft of...
Shetland climate change programme receives net zero funding
A study into the potential creation of a rural energy and transport hub in Shetland has received a grant of £52,648 from Innovate UK's...
Work underway on Passivhaus housing development in Midlothian
WORK is underway in Bonnyrigg on the build of 20 new affordable housing apartments built to Passivhaus standards.
Cruden is delivering the work on behalf...
Harley Haddow launches new energy division to help meet net zero ambitions
HARLEY Haddow has announced the launch of a new energy division due to 'burgeoning demand' for net zero services.
The multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy has invested...
Brewster Brothers invests £6m in second recycling plant
BREWSTER Brothers is investing £6 million in a second recycling plant near Cumbernauld.
The firm's Livingston site has diverted over one million tonnes of construction,...
A more sustainable industry needs us to work together
By David MacDonald, national hub programme director at the Scottish Futures Trust
IN recent years, governments and businesses across the world have been striving to...
Majority of Scottish office stock could become ‘unlettable’ without upgrades
NEW analysis from Knight Frank has found that almost a third of Scotland’s office space could be at risk of being unusable if the...
Vibrant community park created in Glasgow’s southside
AN area of underused greenspace in the Cardonald area of Glasgow has been transformed into a vibrant community park.
The Glasgow City Council and Southside...
Strategic partnership aims to accelerate retrofit in Scotland
ENVIRONMENTAL charity Changeworks has signed a partnership agreement with Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) with the aim of accelerating and improving retrofit in...
