BE-ST innovation centre awarded Investor in Innovations accreditation
BE-ST (Built Environment - Smarter Transformation) Scotland's innovation centre has been awarded Investor in Innovations (I3) accreditation by the Institute of Innovation and Knowledge...
Investing in young people pays off for Forster Group
FORSTER Group, a provider of roofing, solar and battery storage solutions, has revealed how it is defying industry trends by having a workforce with...
Host of Scottish areas benefit from SSE Renewables’ £10.4m donation
SSE Renewables has donated over £10 million to community groups across the UK and Ireland in the last year.
A total of £10.4 million in...
Scottish venue becomes first castle in world to achieve B Corp Certification
CARLOWRIE Castle, a luxury events venue just outside Edinburgh, has become the first castle in the world to be awarded B Corp Certification, just...
Edinburgh Napier students complete ‘world-first’ construction project in China
A team of students from Edinburgh Napier have completed a 'world-first' construction project in China based around sustainable bamboo building material.
The scholars helped build...
Lessons from the past to aid coastal communities in move to renewable energy
ACADEMICS from across Scotland are to explore lessons from the past which are hoped to help coastal communities cope with the move to renewable...
Governments must be ready to help construction sector go green
By Scott Brewster, MD of Brewster Bros, a resource management business which specialises in recycling construction waste and creating high quality recycled aggregates based...
SSEN’s launch of ‘world-first’ technology signals ‘new era in sustainable energy innovation’
A world-first milestone has been reached in unlocking the full potential of high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission systems to support the energy transition,...
Edinburgh office development boasting ESG ‘excellence’ launches
CBRE and Savills have been instructed by Stamford to bring NEW YARDS, a 185,000 sq ft office development in Edinburgh’s west end, to the...
A touch of glass: major milestone for modernisation of FLS nursery near Elgin
FORESTRY and Land Scotland (FLS) has taken the keys to its new glasshouse as part of a redevelopment and modernisation project at Newton Nursery...
SSE and University of Glasgow to ‘cast new light’ on renewable technologies
SSE Energy Solutions and the University of Glasgow have partnered to launch the 'most detailed' research ever conducted into the performance of renewable technologies...
Green light for East Ayrshire eco-wellness park
THE build of an eco-wellness park at the former Barony Colliery in Auchinleck has moved a step closer after East Ayrshire Council granted planning...
Milestone Passivhaus social housing development handed over in Glasgow
PRACTICAL completion has been achieved on what has been hailed as Glasgow’s largest Passivhaus-certified housing development at Springfield Cross in the city's east end.
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Free online course aims to bolster understanding of retrofit for contractors
CONTRACTORS are being given the opportunity to access a free retrofit training course.
The online course, Retrofit 101, has been curated and designed by The...
New Dunfermline City Campus meets carbon targets
FIFE College's new Dunfermline City Campus has passed an independent verification of the embodied and whole-life carbon assessments for the three new buildings on...
Passivhaus Trust welcomes ‘important step’ towards implementing Scottish equivalent
THE Passivhaus Trust has hailed 'encouraging signs' after the Scottish Government laid amendments to the Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations to enable the implementation of the...
New BE-ST facilities tipped to boost Scotland’s net zero goals
SCOTLAND’S construction and built environment professionals are being urged to make the most of two new facilities at BE-ST’s Innovation Campus in a bid...
Scottish Water delivers ‘first of its kind’ project in Hamilton
SCOTTISH Water has completed work on a 'groundbreaking' project to harness hydropower from waste water.
Describing it as a 'first of its kind' in the...
Cow methane emissions could be limited as £100m North Ayrshire plans launched
PLANS have been launched for the build of a facility in North Ayrshire which would allow for the large scale production of a feed...
Dalkeith Passivhaus project looks to deliver significant energy savings
HARDIES Property & Construction Consultants has announced the firm has commenced work on Midlothian Council’s first ‘Passivhaus’ housing project in Dalkeith town centre.
The business...
