Apatura secures planning consent for new battery storage system in Tealing

RENEWABLE energy storage specialist, Apatura, has secured planning permission to build and operate a new 100 megawatt (MW) capacity battery energy storage system (BESS)...

Highland Heritage Woodwork’s expansion set to boost sustainable supply chains

HIGHLAND Heritage Woodworks is set for further growth after opening its new £250,000 sawmill at Aberdeenshire's Dunecht Estate, supported by a £100,000 grant from...

Surveys underway ahead of expansion of Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm

THE first geotechnical seabed surveys for a proposed second phase to Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm have been completed. Conditions were examined at the SSE...

How to safely navigate retrofit

By Peter Edwards, architect at Holmes Miller Do you know your EnerPHit from your CarbonLite Retrofit? And if someone mentioned PHPP, would you know what...
SSE's Strathy North Wind Farm

RJ McLeod begins build of £400m Highland wind farm

RJ McLeod has commenced work on the build of a £400 million onshore wind farm in the Highlands. The firm is delivering the 208MW Strathy...
Location of the Craig Murrail substation

Final major consent secured for Argyll and Kintyre project

SSEN Transmission has secured the final major consent for the remaining part of its Argyll and Kintyre 275kV reinforcement project The series of electricity upgrade...
Glasgow from above

Almost half of Glasgow homes could be heated by district heat networks

ALMOST half of Glasgow's residents could have their homes heated by district heating networks, a new Glasgow City Council report has revealed. The local heat...

Scotland faces ‘missed opportunity’ if heat in buildings bill is delayed further

THE Existing Homes Alliance (EHA) has called for immediate action to stimulate investment in Scotland's future workforce by introducing the heat in buildings bill. Highlighting...
SSEN Transmission

Green light for UK’s largest ever subsea connection project

CONSTRUCTION is set to begin on what will be the UK's largest ever subsea connection project after plans received final approval from Ofgem. The eastern...
John Felgate

Sustainability: ‘Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good’

CONSISTENT political messaging and simplifying the customer journey are key to accelerating the adoption of heat pumps in Scotland and the rest of the...
Richard Campbell, IStructE Scotland chair and director at civil, structural and conservation engineering consultancy Will Rudd

Scottish construction leaders to highlight collaboration as key to net zero goals

THE message of the next Sustainabuild Breakfast Club in Edinburgh will be that the challenge of net zero demands 'wholehearted collaboration' right across the...
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Sustainable building products specialist launches CPD programme

ECOLOGICAL Building Systems has revealed its continuing professional development (CPD) programme for the year ahead. The supplier of natural building products for sustainable construction's programme,...

Major contractors join forces for embodied carbon project

MAJOR contractors and suppliers have joined forces with a construction technology provider in a project to develop automated, real-time reporting of embodied carbon. Aggregate Industries,...

‘Trailblazing’ project to transform Paisley tenements into energy efficient homes

A multi-million pound project to transform a row of historic Paisley town centre tenements into 'modern, energy-efficient' homes for social rent is set to...

New homes hailed as ‘among the most technically advanced’ in Stirling area

TENANTS in Old Plean have been handed the keys to 24 new homes following an investment of almost £6.5 million by Stirling Council and...

Modular housing specialist confirms new SFHA membership

CONNECT Modular has announced its membership of the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA). The firm's manufacturing facility, located in Cumnock, East Ayrshire, sees modules...

Transformation of Edinburgh Park building sets ‘new benchmark’ for sustainability

KNIGHT Property Group has completed the £20 million redevelopment and refurbishment of 4-5 Lochside Avenue in Edinburgh Park. The 43,000 sq ft pavilion-style building offers...
CGI of whisky distillery

Plans submitted to transform former oil depot into new distillery in Ardrishaig

ORGANIC Architects, a specialist in designing sustainable distilleries, has submitted a planning application for a new craft whisky distillery and visitor destination on the west...

Brewster Brothers’ second recycling plant opens near Cumbernauld

BREWSTER Brothers has fully opened the company's second recycling plant as part of a £7 million expansion. The firm's wash plants transform excavated soils and...

Glasgow Passivhaus affordable housing project nears completion

A Passivhaus Glasgow affordable housing development has entered its final build stages with the completion of multi-utility services. Springfield Cross, on Springfield Road in the...