Get to know Sisaltech, a small but growing company passionate about creating a low-carbon future by producing sustainable building insulation made from sisal and wool.

CLIMAVORE CIC is on a mission to develop sustainable ways of living on and with the coast in response to the climate crisis.

VASO Build Limited provide ecological services across sectors with the intent of bringing wider benefits to society. They are looking to realise these benefits through Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and a new sustainable panelling system.

Meet Brewster Brothers, a company shifting the way the construction and demolition industry in Scotland treats waste and consumes natural resources. 

Alongside partners we are aiming to establish the UK’s first commercially viable homegrown wood fibre insulation to validate its feasibility. This would drive the greater adoption of English-grown wood in construction, increase the amount of carbon stored within the built environment, and establish novel supply chains for forestry and manufacturing.

Kenoteq is the company behind the world’s first 95% recycled brick, the K-Briq. This disruptive brick turns old construction waste into a new ultra-low carbon construction material, while still having the strength, durability and workability to fit in well back on construction sites.  

BE-ST and ZWS asked the University of Edinburgh to prepare a report looking into the availability, performance, manufacturing supply chains and market analysis of Natural Fibre and Circular Insulation options.

Following on from proof-of-concept timber concrete composites manufactured at BE-ST for a live build at Laing O’ Rourke, Laing O’ Rourke are now looking to decarbonise the concrete used in this system and in all of their projects.

BAM Ritchies, BE-ST and the University of Strathclyde are working together to produce a low-carbon alternative to the use of cement in ground works, river embankments and coastal defences.

IndiNature, supplied by several UK farms, manufactures insulation products using as little as 10% of the energy needed to create conventional insulations, which helps allow the net capture of carbon the final product.

In 2012, Levenseat's Robert Green designed a treatment process that would treat APCR residues and provide a like-for-like replacement ingredient for cementitious products like power station ash.

The K-briq^® is made from 90% reused materials such as brick, stone and plasterboard. There is no equivalent to this on the market.

Moock Environmental sought practical testing to discover RTP’s commercial viability in precast concrete, helping to try to take it from the laboratory and into the supply chain. The feasibility trials examined how RTP affected production and performance.

The project, which CCG led and BE-ST supported, used the renewable resource to build a modern, sustainable residential building on Ellerslie Road. The structure rises to 7 storeys, incorporating 42 flats with views over the River Clyde. The whole project came to an overall value of over £600,000.

Combining sustainable American tulipwood with innovative methods of modular construction, MultiPly confronted two of the current age’s biggest challenges – the pressing need for housing and the urgency to fight climate change.

Architect, Fulbright Alumni and PhD student Roisin Hyde is developing a way of using waste materials from mining, quarrying, metallurgy, water purification, incineration and agriculture to create a sustainable concrete substitute.