The Accelerate to Zero Awards recognise the businesses, organisations and individuals making the biggest contribution to decarbonising the built environment and supporting the just transition to zero carbon.

Today BE-ST officially relaunched its Innovation Campus by welcoming stakeholders to see the newly equipped Mass Timber Centre of Excellence and Scotland’s newly retrofitted National Retrofit Centre. 

Scotland’s construction sector is facing a critical skills gap as it works to meet decarbonisation targets while delivering homes and buildings that are affordable, efficient, and high quality. To help bridge this gap, Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) is launching the Low Carbon Passport – a course to train for the current and future the skills and competencies needed to deliver high-quality, low carbon, efficient buildings.

BE-ST (Built Environment - Smarter Transformation) Scotland's innovation centre for construction and the built environment innovation, has been awarded the prestigious Investor in Innovations (I3) accreditation by the Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (IKE Institute).

The Accelerate to Zero Awards are back for their third year to recognise the businesses, organisations, and individuals making the most significant contributions to decarbonising the built environment and supporting the just transition to a zero carbon built environment.

BE-ST welcomes the Scottish Government’s renewed focus on delivery and its recognition of the challenges facing communities across Scotland.

Today we have launched a new quarterly magazine, Smarter Transformation – a magazine dedicated to helping accelerate our smarter transformation to the better built environment we need.

The strategic partnership between Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre, hosted by BE-ST, and the UK National Retrofit Hub has deepened through new appointments.

BE-ST's 2023 Impact Report finds that the innovation centre has made a significant positive impact for the construction and built environment sectors in the last year.

First Minister Humza Yousaf visited Built Environment - Smarter Transformation (BE-ST)’s Innovation Campus today to announce the Scottish Funding Council (SFC)’s future approach to investing in Scotland’s innovation centres and to officially open BE-ST's National Retrofit Centre of Excellence.

Nicola Barclay, former Chief Executive of Homes for Scotland, has been appointed as Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST)’s, new Board Chair.

Changeworks has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) with the aim of accelerating and improving retrofit in Scotland. The agreement will support ongoing collaboration between the two organisations throughout 2024 and beyond.

New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) has signed a formal agreement with Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) to catalyse a nationwide network of advanced engineering, manufacturing, and learning hubs.

Scotland’s national Innovation Centre for construction and the built environment, BE-ST (Built Environment – Smarter Transformation) recently welcomed 13 leading figures from across the sector onto its board to steer the delivery of its mission to accelerate the built environment’s transition to zero carbon.

Two national organisations have joined forces to build skills that meet construction’s critical role in Scotland’s drive to Net Zero.

In this open letter, Stephen Good, CEO of Built Environment – Smart Transformation, calls on these leaders to see low and zero-carbon solutions as the answer.

Yesterday we welcomed Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to the Built Environment – Smarter Transformation innovation campus, along with Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Patrick Harvie.

Built Environment – Smarter Transformation launches search for next set of industry leaders.

As part of Scotland Excel’s ‘Supporting the journey to net zero’ campaign, Caitriona Jordan, head of retrofit programmes at Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST), looks at the skills needed in the construction industry to support decarbonisation.