Union Technical award wins

Union Technical celebrates double award triumph

UNION Technical is celebrating a double triumph at the Herald Scottish Family Business Awards. The Glasgow-based energy efficiency solutions provider won the Small Family Business...
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Ravenscraig earmarked for £3.9 billion green AI data centre build

PLANS have been launched to transform part of Ravenscraig into what could become one of the UK's largest green AI data centres in a...

Green light for Passivhaus Dundee community campus plans

PLANS by Holmes Miller for an integrated educational and community campus for the east end of Dundee have been approved. The East End Community Campus,...

Ardgowan Distillery makes key appointment as construction continues

ARDGOWAN Distillery has appointed a sales and marketing director as construction continues to progress on its £20 million 'cathedral of whisky' in Inverclyde. Muir Construction...

‘Groundbreaking’ Newton Mearns pilot tests new technology to help deliver sustainable homes

NEW technology tipped to enable communities to become 'significantly' more sustainable is being used for the first time in the UK. Housebuilder Cala Homes is...
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Glasgow modular office fit-out delivers major embodied carbon savings

AN office fit-out project by Morris & Spottiswood that incorporates modular construction and circular economy approaches is said to have delivered embodied carbon savings...

West Fraser report highlights group’s sustainability achievements

WEST Fraser has issued its 2021 Sustainability Report, outlining the group's environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance over the past year. The document also reflects...
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‘Revised’ Heat in Buildings Bill to be brought forward later this year

THE Scottish Government has confirmed that a 'revised' Heat in Buildings Bill will set a new target for decarbonising heating systems by 2045. Acting minister...

SSE Renewables partners with Dutch firm to target Netherlands

SSE Renewables has joined forces with investment management firm, APG, to target the development of large-scale wind energy projects in the Dutch North Sea. Perth-headquartered...

Visitors to Edinburgh’s Green Home Festival set to travel in style

VISITORS to an upcoming show at the Green Home Festival in Edinburgh will be travelling in all-electric style thanks to a partnership with Western...
Nicola Scott

Burness Paull strengthens energy team with appointment of renewables lawyer

BURNESS Paull has appointed renewables development lawyer Nicola Scott as a partner in the firm's energy team. Scott advises clients in the renewables sector on...

‘Unique’ mix of garden spaces announced for ‘Edinburgh’s greenest homes development’

ALMOST 150 new trees, as well as herb and vegetable growing beds and more than half a kilometre of evergreen hedgerows, are to be...

Sustainability features placed at the heart of new Kirkcaldy development

A range of sustainability features are being incorporated into 49 new Fife Housing Group homes currently under construction in the Glen Albyn area of...
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Procast secures sixth accolade in a row at Energy Efficiency Awards

PROCAST Group is celebrating after winning the firm's sixth award in a row at The Scotland Energy Efficiency Awards. The team triumphed in the Scottish...
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Solar project to deliver carbon benefits at Helensburgh WWTW

WORK is complete on a £300,000 project in Helensburgh designed to help make the treatment of the town’s waste water less carbon intensive. 384 ground-mounted...
Fiona Hodgson

SNIPEF calls for more ‘industry-informed’ environmental targets

THE Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers' Federation (SNIPEF) has called for more industry-informed environmental targets, following the Scottish Government's decision to abandon its...
Lynsay Bell Manson, MD at Studio LBA

The role of retrofit in Scotland’s net zero journey

By Lynsay Bell Manson, MD at Studio LBA SCOTLAND has set a legally binding target of achieving net zero emissions by 2045, with an interim...

SSEN Transmission’s Stornoway project to see historic hotel reopened

STORNOWAY'S historic Caledonian Hotel is to be brought back into use for the first time in more than a decade, as part of SSEN...

Environment has become a ‘core driver’ in building design

HARLEY Haddow’s senior sustainability engineer has praised industry for the way it has instilled change and stepped up to play its part in the...

Glasgow conference to highlight retrofit solutions for older housing

THE UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) has announced that zero carbon buildings minister Patrick Harvie MSP, Glasgow City Council leader Susan Aitken,...