Blogs
Stories, updates and interviews as we progress towards a smarter transformation in the built environment.
Category
- A-Z Award Winner 12
- A-Z Postgraduate Scholarship 2
- Circular Economy 3
- Digital 5
- ED&I 2
- Energy efficiency 8
- Homegrown Timber 6
- Housing 5
- Innovation 4
- Local value add 1
- Modern Methods of Construction 6
- Offsite manufacturing 10
- Passivhaus 7
- Retrofit 13
- Robotics 2
- Skills 6
- Sustainable Materials 7
- The Circular and Sustainable Materials Accelerator 4
- Upskilling 8
Scaling Industrialised Housing Construction - Global Learnings
MOD X is a heavily influential organisation from the United States whose mission centres around this learning journey around offsite construction. It regularly tours leading offsite regions, including Japan, Germany, Sweden and more, to collect lessons learned to influence policy and tackle the housing challenges faced in their home country. Their experience, in turn, makes them a unique repository of international offsite construction knowledge gathered from across the globe.
Can new financial models unlock retrofit at scale?
Tara Schmidt, Executive Director at Transition Finance Scotland, will be joining other industry leaders at this year’s International Retrofit Conference to explore how retrofit can move beyond isolated pilots to become financeable, scalable programmes.
Mark Farmer: The future of construction relies on upskilling, not just talent attraction
Speaking ahead of November’s BE-ST Fest, a two-day industry conference focused on net-zero carbon construction, Mark Farmer, Founder at Cast Consultancy, will be sharing his insights on the future of construction skills at this year’s BE-ST Fest Summit.
Lessons from the UK’s First EnerPhit School Refurbishment
Fleming, on behalf of East Ayrshire Council, has completed work on the UK’s first EnerPHit-certified school refurbishment: St. Sophia’s Primary, Galston. But what does this mean for the overall landscape in construction, and how will others benefit?
Accelerate to Zero Beacon: Robert Hairstans, Edinburgh Napier University & NMITE
Robert has been a leading figure in timber innovation and off-site construction throughout his career which spans both academia and industry.