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

Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST), Scottish Forestry and Zero Waste Scotland have published a first-of-its-kind report exploring timber cascading in Scotland.

As part of its Low Carbon Learning: Next Gen programme, Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) has launched an e-learning module on sustainable construction that can be accessed online for free at any time.

Today marks the launch of Transforming Timber - a knowledge library designed to promote the use of homegrown timber in the UK built environment.

A recent project from the University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Nuclear Research Centre has developed a one-of-a-kind platform for the remote detection and classification of faults in concrete structures.

BE-ST is looking for companies with a sustainable building material product that reduces embodied carbon to join its newly launched Accelerator programme.

Proposals to transform currently vacant land into an affordable net zero carbon housing development in Edinburgh have now been approved by city planners.

A pioneering new initiative has launched to accelerate the drive towards building a low carbon future for the North of Scotland.

On International Women's Day this year, alongside celebrating impactful women in the built environment, we want to look at diversity and inclusion in the sector in Scotland as a whole and assess the community, how we can accelerate the rate of change and what we can do now to make a difference.

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.

Applying modern methods to retrofit may be the best way for the UK to insulate our homes at scale. Find out more about how as we sit down with Ele George, Energiesprong.

A new catalogue of net zero carbon building designs could provide a significant boost to Scotland’s affordable housing sector, as part of a standardised approach for local authorities and housing associations to adopt across a range of future developments.

An equivalent MOT system for homes could help Scotland to achieve zero carbon goals and save energy, according to one of Scotland’s leading architects and former president of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS).

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.

A modular demonstrator unit has been unveiled by Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST), with the aim of highlighting to Scottish firms that a timber kit-of-parts approach to retrofit could be ‘key’ to future sustainable offices.

Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) has named Douglas Morrison as its new deputy CEO, supporting the innovation centre’s commitment to accelerating sustainable transformation across the built environment.

A project that aims to encourage diversity and inclusion across the construction sector is among a raft of initiatives to receive government-backed funding.