Hydrock appoints heat networks specialist to help drive sustainability offer in Scotland
HYDROCK has strengthened its multidisciplinary team in Scotland with the appointment of heat networks specialist Charlie Drysdale as an associate director.
He joins the firm's...
Passivhaus Trust launches new learning hub
THE UK Passivhaus Trust has announced the launch of a new Passivhaus Learning Hub, which brings online courses, on-demand webinars, and guidance materials together...
International law firm agrees lease on ‘Glasgow’s most sustainable office building’
LAW firm Pinsent Masons has agreed to lease more than 31,000 sq ft of Grade A office space in the Aurora building at 120...
Housebuilder’s zero emissions company vehicle policy steps up a gear
THE first employee at Springfield Properties to make the switch to an electric company vehicle has taken delivery of a fully electric car.
The housebuilder's...
Scottish Government education chiefs see progress of Fife College’s new Dunfermline Campus
FIFE College recently welcomed Scotland's education secretary Jenny Gilruth MSP and minister for higher and further education, Graeme Dey MSP, to the site of...
Collaborative thermal modelling project slashes railway heating costs
SIGNIFICANT cost and carbon savings are to be delivered through a new initiative jointly developed by Network Rail, AtkinsRéalis, Balfour Beatty, and TSO.
The partnership...
JR Group commissions full carbon audit as part of green objectives
THE JR Group has teamed up with its new carbon partner Auditel to help become carbon neutral while strengthening the company's longer-term objective of...
Hardies begins work on ‘most ambitious’ Passivhaus programme
HARDIES Property & Construction Consultants has started work on what the firm described as the 'most ambitious' Passivhaus programme in Scotland for Midlothian Council...
New materials designed to decarbonise road network trialled in North Lanarkshire
NEW materials designed to reduce carbon in the UK road network have been trialled in North Lanarkshire.
North Lanarkshire Council is working with Transport for...
Keepmoat confirms sustainable supply chain initiative
KEEPMOAT has announced it has teamed up with Achilles to develop sustainable sourcing practices in the homebuilding materials supply chain.
The business will be the...
Sutherland timber products specialist switches on huge solar array
A Sutherland-based timber products specialist has invested in a massive solar array on the roof of its production facility.
The six-figure initiative means biomass supplier...
Ryden celebrates achieving B Corp certification
RYDEN has announced it has become the first full service commercial property consultant headquartered in Scotland to become B Corp certified.
The certification is described as...
Craighead Wind Farm gets green light following appeal
RENEWABLE energy company Galileo Empower has secured planning permission (subject to conditions) for a proposed eight-turbine wind farm development, located north of Carnbo in...
Scottish Aggregates Tax is ‘one-off opportunity’ to accelerate decarbonisation within construction
THE Resource Management Association Scotland (RMAS) and sustainable resource management company Brewster Brothers have called on the Scottish Government to ensure that the forthcoming...
New marketing suite at Glasgow office building has ‘sustainability at its core’
REAL estate investment business AM alpha has unveiled its new marketing suite on the 8th floor at 200 Broomielaw in Glasgow.
The 80,000 sq ft...
UHI collaborates with Canadian college to launch renewable energy training
THE University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) has announced a new international partnership with Canada's Durham College to support workforce development in the...
Healthy company culture is key to Wallace Whittle’s growth plans
REPLICATING the quality service, customer trust, and market dominance of Apple is what Wallace Whittle is working towards, chiefs at the high-flying environmental building...
Europe’s first smart canal connected to Glasgow housing development at COP26
EUROPE'S first smart canal has been connected to a housing development in north Glasgow at a COP26 event.
Sighthill becomes the first of five housing...
Leveraging timber resources tipped to help address Scotland’s rural housing crisis
ECOLOGICAL timber homes specialist MAKAR has announced that two of the firm's 'pioneering and affordable' properties have been commissioned by the Lismore Community Trust.
The...
SSE to proceed with build of Highland wind farm
SSE has taken a final investment decision to proceed with construction of its 208MW Strathy South onshore wind farm in the Highlands.
Development of Strathy...
