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‘Momentous’ heating project aids net zero ambitions in Glasgow’s east end

CLYDE Gateway, in partnership with Scottish Water Horizons, has completed a project to install what it described as 'one of the country’s most innovative...

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...
Wind turbine

New Great British Energy partnership to ‘turbocharge’ developments

THE UK Government has announced a partnership between Great British Energy and The Crown Estate, in a move which it said has the potential...
RussFast Solar

Russell Roof Tiles launches ‘improved’ solar PV panel

FOLLOWING the launch of the firm's first solar offer, Lochmaben-based Russell Roof Tiles is now boosting its output with an improved 480W solar PV...
SLR office. Image credit: Wagstaff

SLR relocates to new Edinburgh office following acquisitions

SUSTAINABILITY solutions provider SLR Consulting has moved into a new 175-person office at The Tun in Edinburgh following a number of business acquisitions. The move...

A. Alexander Group targets renewables market with newly created role

CHRIS Divers has been appointed to the newly created role of renewables project manager at Glasgow-based multi-disciplinary contractor A. Alexander Group. With over ten years...

BE-ST and UK Green Building Council announce partnership

BUILT Environment - Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) has announced a new partnership with the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC). BE-ST said the collaboration comes with a...

Constructible BIM software lauded on hydroelectric generation scheme

TRIMBLE'S constructible BIM software has been hailed as playing a key role on the River Ness Hydroelectric generation project. Featuring a 'striking' canopy structure, the...
Nursery garden at Passivhaus school

Landmark Scottish Passivhaus school is outperforming targets

Edinburgh-based architect Architype is working on a number of Passivhaus schools, including the recently completed Riverside Primary, the first Passivhaus certified school in Scotland....

Plans unveiled for major Passivhaus extension at historic Edinburgh school

PLANS have been launched for the second phase of development at Trinity Academy in the north of Edinburgh. Both phases were designed by Holmes Miller,...

Recycle Scotland unveils fresh new look as it expands furniture recycling mission

RECYCLE Scotland has unveiled a fresh new look to reflect its ambitions of widening its reuse first service to provide sustainable furniture solutions. Established in...
Kobir Ahamed

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...
RESTITRIX single ply waterproofing system

Silverlea project nets sustainable roofing solutions

CRUDEN Homes’ Silverlea project is part of the Granton Waterfront regeneration project; a programme to build a new coastal town on the outskirts of...
Aberdeen from above

Green skills fund launched in Aberdeen to boost training opportunities

ABERDEEN City Council has launched a new green skills training fund for city residents via its ABZWorks employability and skills service. Supported through UK shared...

Scottish Government minister visits Edinburgh firm behind new sustainable brick

THE Scottish Government's cabinet minister for business, trade, tourism, and enterprise has visited Kenoteq's new commercial factory under development in East Lothian. Ivan McKee was...
Blue roofs on city buildings

Off-membrane stance helps blend blue roofs

This excerpt from ACO Building Drainage’s recently published Blue Roof Guide Vol 2 details how blue roof integration impacts green, hard-landscaped, and biosolar roofs MULTIFUNCTIONAL...

Revised Heat in Buildings Bill requires ‘robust delivery plan’

SECTOR stakeholders have welcomed progress in the Scottish Government’s plans to introduce a Heat in Buildings Bill during this parliament – but have urged...
Representarives from Muirhall, RJ McLeod and Mairi McAllan MSP

Priestgill Wind Farm progress delivers boost to local supply chain

Priestgill Wind Farm is now under construction at Littlegill Farm, 2.2km north east of Abington, South Lanarkshire, following a decade of work to get...

Green light for build of 256 low-carbon homes in Edinburgh

PLANNING approval has been granted for Artisan Real Estate's build of 256 low-carbon homes at commercial space on Edinburgh's Ferry Road. Artisan Real Estate, together...
Project team on Orkney beach

Jones Bros secures major Orkney contract

JONES Bros Civil Engineering UK is to begin work on a multi-million-pound multi-purpose port in Orkney earmarked as a key renewable energy hub. The firm...