Tristan Hughes, Business Unit Manager, OSSO

Partnership marks £2m construction milestone for automated water treatment

OSSO, a provider of fluid temperature control and separation solutions, and ProMinent UK and Ireland, a manufacturer of metering components and systems, have announced their...

First pipes installed to supply Shawfair with low carbon heating

THE first pipes to supply the new Shawfair Town in Midlothian with low carbon heating have been installed, with construction on the site now...

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...
Juergen Maier CBE, chair of Great British Energy and Stuart Black, chief executive of HIE

HIE and Great British Energy sign partnership agreement

HIGHLANDS and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Great British Energy (GBE) have signed a partnership agreement to work together to accelerate the UK's transition to...

20,000 native trees to be planted at East Lothian development

AN East Lothian company has helped Cala Homes turn one of the area’s largest developments into a 'green haven', transforming former farmland with the...

Solar entrepreneurs give backing to Scottish construction start-up business

SOLAR entrepreneurs and climate campaigners Dr Jeremy Leggett and Paddy Padmanathan have backed Inverness-based MAKAR Timber Engineering (MTE), a new company that aims to...

New cement could solve UK’s supply chain crisis

BRITAIN'S construction industry could be 'shaken to its foundations' unless a new, environmentally cement can be produced, an academic has warned. Dr Moray Newlands, of...
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...
Net zero homes in Edinburgh

Flagship Edinburgh development wins net zero accolade

THE City of Edinburgh Council and CCG (Scotland) have been recognised for their approach to collaboration in the delivery of net zero homes after...

Excitement builds for Edinburgh’s first Green Home Festival

EDINBURGH'S first Green Home Festival is to be launched at the capital's Fringe festival in August. Organised by the Construction Industry Collective Voice (CICV), Patrick...

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...
Artist's impression of the solar farm on the former Ness Landfill site

Ex-Aberdeen landfill site to be transformed to create a solar farm

A historical landfill site is to be redeveloped to create a solar farm as part of the first phase of a green hydrogen infrastructure...

Stirlingshire plot of land sought for transportable ‘eco home’

A transportable ‘eco house’ and its owner are looking for a new plot of land in Stirlingshire to call home. The unusual instruction has been...

City Building upskilling workforce on sustainable building technologies

CITY Building has revealed it is upskilling its workforce on renewable and sustainable building technologies in a bid to help reduce the construction sector's...
Solar panels at waste water treatment works

Solar project complete at Milnathort waste water treatment works

SCOTTISH Water has confirmed completion of work on a £115,000 solar project at a waste water treatment works which serves customers in and around...
Construction worker carrying out retrofit work

Procast Group allocated multiple lots on decarbonisation framework

PROCAST Group has announced the business has been allocated multiple lots on a £120 million Scotland-wide decarbonisation framework. The Hamilton-based firm has been appointed to...

First shows confirmed for Green Home Festival at Edinburgh Fringe

THE first four shows have been confirmed for the Construction Industry Collective Voice's (CICV) Green Home Festival. It marks the second year of the festival,...
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...

Energy from waste facility officially opened in Aberdeen

LEADERS from Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, and Moray councils cut the ribbon to formally open the NESS Energy from Waste facility today. Located in Aberdeen, the...

CIOB hits out at PM’s plans to scale back energy efficiency targets

THE Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has expressed its disappointment at PM Rishi Sunak's announcement on the scaling back of the UK's net zero...