HeatSource is a £300,000 programme funded by Scottish Enterprise that will better equip companies involved in manufacturing, installation, training and the wider supply chain to deliver zero emissions heating systems.

Forster Group’s Skills Academy programme addresses skills shortages in Scotland’s roofing industry.

The AIMCH project aimed to study the impact modern methods of construction (MMC) & offsite manufacture (OSM) has on housebuilding and deliver methods that are cost neutral, higher quality, faster, safer, robust and more productive than traditional masonry methods of construction. 

Low Carbon Learning initially began as Scotland’s first National Passivhaus training programme.

The development of East Whins ecovillage in Findhorn, Forres, was led by community from start to finish

The Scottish Government aims to cut Carbon emissions by 42% by 2020 with improved home energy efficiency moving towards Passivhaus standard, in line with Northern Europe forms a key part of this. 

Many Scottish dwellings are over 100 years old: 23% are pre-1919 tenement flats and most remain un-insulated, so a solution is needed for effectively retrofitting older dwellings.

£2,200 a year is lost in productivity per employee due to poor indoor environmental quality.

Now more than ever we are seeing increasing housing pressure on residents in the UK. Prices are increasing, buyers are being locked out of securing permanent homes, and demand outweighs supply. The construction industry must build more homes to meet this need and ease the UK housing crisis.

Glasgow’s SECC transformed into a hospital in just three weeks.

Building facades are influenced by wind effects and temperature fluctuations. They deteriorate over the years, leading to progressive loss of performance that can decrease the energy efficiency of the building and occupants’ comfort, and failures that can involve deaths and injuries.

The Eildon Group has, according to Development Project Manager Kevin Scott, been ‘on the brink’ of a sustainability commitment for some time, incorporating elements like air source heat pumps and PV panels in its new builds.

The GALE centre in Gairloch didn’t start out as a Passivhaus design – but it ended up as one.

With the last large-scale, industry-wide testing carried out over 20 years ago, a new fire-in-use research project was vital for the sector experiencing a watershed in fire safety.

From its base in the far north of Scotland, Norscot have championed innovation since the beginning - their projects with us have let them develop new networks, expertise and new products.

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.

The NearHome project is helping retrofit public spaces into sustainable office alternatives, reflecting the changing working patterns of a post-Covid Scotland.

The EXSKALLERATE project, funded by InterrReg North Sea Region, aimed to increase the adoption of exoskeletons by the manufacturing and building industry. This would reduce occupational health issues and enhance SME competitiveness.

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.