Vital energy-efficiency improvements to the UK’s commercial buildings and older housing stock are often put on hold due to the inability to source suitable funding. It is estimated that £5.9 trillion in finance is needed to retrofit all the commercial property in Europe to a modern stan
Sustainabuild Scotland
The challenge of net zero demands wholehearted collaboration right across the construction industry – that is the powerful message of this week’s Sustainabuild Breakfast Club in Edinburgh.
An innovative breakfast club bringing together sustainability professionals from across Scotland’s built environment is coming to Dundee – following overwhelming support for its Edinburgh events. Sustainabuild Scotland, a networking movement which launched in January 2024, has been runni
Regulation of ‘embodied carbon’ is urgently required to accelerate the decarbonisation of the built environment, according to industry professionals who gathered to discuss the role that building materials play in the country’s journey to net zero.
Lucy Black, head of business development at Kenoteq, will be speaking at Sustainabuild Scotland in Edinburgh on Wednesday 28th February. She shares her thoughts on embodied carbon and explains the challenge we face as an industry. Globally, it is well known that the built environment is responsible
More than 40 professionals battled through Storm Jocelyn this week for a morning of insightful discussion on the green skills gap faced by Scotland’s building and construction industry.
A host of professionals working within the built environment and construction with a shared interest in driving sustainability will come together for the launch of Sustainabuild Scotland Breakfast Club, a new Edinburgh-based monthly networking and learning event created to facilitate and expedite t
A monthly networking event for sustainability professionals from all areas of Scotland's built environment and construction sector is set to launch in Edinburgh this year.