Throughout the series, we’ll spotlight each of the six working groups within the National Retrofit Hub, featuring various guest speakers and innovators from across the UK retrofit sector.

Throughout the series, we’ll spotlight each of the six working groups within the National Retrofit Hub, featuring various guest speakers and innovators from across the UK retrofit sector.

Debunking 3 Passivhaus myths: Comfort, complexity, and cost.

Sara Edmonds, Head of Citizen Engagement and Gavin Johnston, Retrofit Impact Manager, went to Ireland to learn about the country's approach to retrofit.

Meet Anna Stoll, Chair of the Built Environment Change Makers and Decarbonisation Business Development Lead at Amey.  

Demystifying AI in Construction: 5 Myths Debunked.

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.

It is a common misconception that Scottish-grown timber is not as strong as European timber or that it can’t be used in construction. Researchers at Edinburgh Napier University have disproved this and in fact determined the opposite.

There are a number of pervasive myths in construction and sustainability that are at risk of obscuring reality and stopping industry from taking action to reach net zero. We wanted to pick apart some of these common myths, in particular the belief that a single solution, the Silver Bullet, promises a swift transition to a net zero carbon built environment.

Kirsty Duncan and Danielle Miller, speak to BE-ST's new board chair Nicola Barclay, about her career, challenges she’s faced, and her perspective on diversity, leadership and the changing landscape of the built environment.

This week’s episode is with Martin Griffin, Principal Geotechnical Engineer at GHD.

Episode four features Aurora Tallon, Chair of Women in Property for Central Scotland, and Senior Architect at Baker Hicks, as our guest speaker.

Artificial intelligence, more commonly referred to as AI, is already reshaping processes across industries like banking and finance, and marketing, and is set to become increasingly embedded in workflows across the board in the coming years.

This sustainable material is widely used in many industries today such as the food, pharmaceutical, automotive and textile industries, with France now leading the way on using hemp for construction purposes.

Hosted by Heads of Stakeholder Engagement, Kirsty Duncan and Danielle Miller, this week’s episode is with Richard Gwilt, Digital Construction Manager at Kier who was diagnosed with autism as an adult.

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.

One of BE-ST's scholarship students has conducted first-of-its-kind research on real on-site waste data, finding that one third of embodied carbon on a construction project can come from material wastage.

Kirsty Duncan and Danielle Miller, this week’s episode is with Co-Founders of Radiant and Brighter – a community interest company promoting diversity through education, inspiration and changing perceptions, Pheona and Micheal Matovu.

The conversation around zero carbon construction is confusing enough without myths muddying the waters. This is why we are attempting to tease out facts around Heat Pumps in the first of this series. 

Hosted by Kirsty Duncan, Head of Stakeholder Engagement, the first episode is with Emily Carr, Design Manager at Kier North & Scotland and former Vice Chair of BE-ST's Change Makers.