
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 5
- Sustainable Materials 7
- The Circular and Sustainable Materials Accelerator 4
- Upskilling 8
Changemaker spotlight: Zarja Krevelj, a pioneer of homegrown mass timber
Meet Zarja Krevelj, one of our change makers. She is working as an Architectural Technologist at HLM Architects, chair of the Sustainability Subgroup within the Change Makers, and was an early pioneer in the homegrown mass timber movement at Edinburgh Napier University.
Changemaker spotlight: Meet the Chair, Anna Stoll
Meet Anna Stoll, Chair of the Built Environment Change Makers and Decarbonisation Business Development Lead at Amey.
Changemaker Spotlight: Finn Caldwell, delivering Passivhaus at a Tier 1 Contractor
Finn and BE-ST have worked together since 2020. Starting as one of our scholarship students, to taking our low carbon construction training early on back in 2021, to now working on some innovative Passivhaus projects together as part of a Tier 1 contractor.
Changemaker spotlight: one of the UK’s youngest Passivhaus consultants
Meet Liam Kelly who, after finding an interesting way into construction, is now performing an interesting role in construction by working as a Sustainability Coordinator for Allies and Morrison.
Changemaker spotlight: Meet Hanna Lundström, the people’s Climate Change Officer
Hanna Lundström, Vice Chair of the Built Environment Change Makers (BECM), is an advisor for East Lothian Council as a Sustainability & Climate Change Officer. Her role is multi-faceted including planning, policy, communication, engagement, consultancy and more.
Changemaker spotlight: Meet Michelle Ajene, the next generation of construction project manager
Built Environment Change Maker's Michelle Ajene represents the next generation of construction project managers.
Changemaker spotlight: Meet Rachael Livingstone, the architecture student tackling climate change
As the world continues to grapple with the urgent need to address climate change, more and more people are stepping up to act. Among them is one of our Built Environment Change Makers, Rachael Livingstone.