Our products are net carbon negative – but our journey is not over yet!

Steve Roebuck, European health & safety director at West Fraser explains why achieving net carbon negative status for the products is not the end...

Advance Construction appoints group sustainability champion

CAMPBELL Evans has been appointed as group sustainability champion by Advance Construction. In addition to his current role as SHEQ compliance & sustainability manager at...

Edinburgh Boiler Company launches free heat pump installation initiative

THE Edinburgh Boiler Company (EBC) is encouraging people to transition more quickly into renewables by installing hybrid heat pumps for free. Grants of up to...

‘Breakthrough’ PFA replacement tipped to help decarbonise UK cement production

LANARKSHIRE-based Innovative Ash Solutions (IAS) has launched a new environmentally-friendly replacement for pulverised fly ash (PFA) which it said is a 'key but increasingly...

Compressed air specialist set for expansion as businesses look to go greener

NORTH Lanarkshire-based compressed air specialist, Design Air Scotland, has revealed its technology is helping businesses save 'thousands' of pounds and playing its part in...
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...

Winning Scottish Green Freeport bids announced

SCOTLAND'S first Green Freeports have been announced, with the two winning bids set to be supported by up to £52 million in start-up funding. Inverness...

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...
Flexel EcoSunC

Glenrothes-made infrared ceiling heater panels show their flexibility

Flexel has revealed that its ECOSUN C+ far infrared ceiling heater panels represent a 'sophisticated and energy-efficient' heating solution, designed and manufactured at the...
Engineers inspecting wind turbine components

Cross-skill wind programme launched to support transition of technicians

FOLLOWING two successful pilots, the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB), in partnership with the Global Wind Organisation (GWO) and Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE)...

Glasgow’s Lighthouse to be transformed into net zero innovation hub

PLANS have been approved to see The Lighthouse building in Glasgow city centre be used as a location to help climate tech firms grow. Designed...
Solwaybank Wind Farm

Blair Hill Wind Farm proposals tipped to unlock £165 million boost to local economy

RENEWABLE energy specialist RES has submitted a Section 36 application to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit (ECU) for its 14-turbine Blair Hill Wind...
ETA co-founders Andrew Lamond and Mark Glasgow with Barry Sharp of Renewable Heat

Energy Training Academy launches ‘landmark’ renewables course to help plug skills gap

THE Energy Training Academy (ETA) has announced plans to offer Scotland’s first direct route to becoming a low carbon heating engineer. Working with accreditation body...

Update given on creation of ‘Scottish equivalent to Passivhaus standard’

PATRICK Harvie MSP has shared his vision for energy efficient and low carbon buildings in Scotland at yesterday's UK Passivhaus Conference in Edinburgh. The Scottish...
Aberdeen from above

Granite beneath Aberdeen could be used to heat city’s buildings

HEAT generated by granite beneath Aberdeen could be used to heat properties across the city. The University of Aberdeen has secured a £1 million public...

Building new homes while meeting climate targets is possible

By Stewart Dalgarno, project director at the Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) project THE end of the UN’s climate change conference...
Ardersier Port

PDM secures major contract with Emtec on Ardersier Port project

BUILDING materials merchant PDM has strengthened its relationship with Emtec Utility Services Limited after confirming a new contract for an infrastructure project in the north...
David Shaw

Why we should stop waiting for perfection and start making progress towards net zero

By David Shaw, director at Torridon If there’s one message I’d give every commercial property owner, asset manager or occupier, it’s that you don’t have...

OnPath Energy’s wind farms meet annual power needs of 195,000 homes

ONPATH Energy has revealed that its portfolio of wind farms generated enough electricity in the last financial year to meet the annual electricity needs...
Linthouse window and door replacement programme

Multi-million-pound windows and doors replacement programme begins in Linthouse

THE CCG Group has started work on a multi-million-pound window and door replacement programme in the southside of Glasgow. On behalf of Linthouse Housing Association,...