Built Environment - Smarter Transformation
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BE-ST is your launchpad to a net zero carbon built environment.
BE-ST provides a structured learning pathway to build capability with practical courses designed for students, educators, apprentices, and industry professionals.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
BE-ST provides a structured learning pathway to build capability with practical courses designed for students, educators, apprentices, and industry professionals.
Check all full course details with confirmed dates here ➡️ buff.ly/dwcEmFs
Check all full course details with confirmed dates here ➡️ buff.ly/dwcEmFs
A groundbreaking new exhibit at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum spotlights pioneering research from Edinburgh Napier University on the future of sustainable construction using UK-grown timber.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A groundbreaking new exhibit at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum spotlights pioneering research from Edinburgh Napier University on the future of sustainable construction using UK-grown timber.
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📸 Credit: Thomas Adnack
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📸 Credit: Thomas Adnack
Douglas Morrison, Deputy CEO of BE-ST, recently joined Kenneth Martin on The Hard Hat Talks to explore the future of Scotland’s construction sector through the lens of innovation, skills, and sustainability.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Douglas Morrison, Deputy CEO of BE-ST, recently joined Kenneth Martin on The Hard Hat Talks to explore the future of Scotland’s construction sector through the lens of innovation, skills, and sustainability.
Listen now ➡️ buff.ly/iNxoMtK
Listen now ➡️ buff.ly/iNxoMtK
One last chance to share your views on how Scotland can unlock its developing construction workforce ➡️ Complete the survey: buff.ly/gMbtwGE
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
One last chance to share your views on how Scotland can unlock its developing construction workforce ➡️ Complete the survey: buff.ly/gMbtwGE
CITB has awarded £430k from its flagship Industry Impact Fund to develop a comprehensive industry training program to accelerate timber construction in the UK. This supports the aims of the Timber in Construction Roadmap.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
CITB has awarded £430k from its flagship Industry Impact Fund to develop a comprehensive industry training program to accelerate timber construction in the UK. This supports the aims of the Timber in Construction Roadmap.
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Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) is a sustainable, high-performance construction material with the potential to improve the speed and quality of builds. However, misconceptions persist within the industry, especially around CLT.
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Read our article which addresses four prevalent myths ➡️ buff.ly/uKiMxRr
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) is a sustainable, high-performance construction material with the potential to improve the speed and quality of builds. However, misconceptions persist within the industry, especially around CLT.
Read our article which addresses four prevalent myths ➡️ buff.ly/uKiMxRr
Read our article which addresses four prevalent myths ➡️ buff.ly/uKiMxRr
Join us for a unique opportunity to hear from Human Nature, the pioneering UK developer reimagining how communities are built - from first principles of sustainability, wellbeing, and design excellence.
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📆 Tuesday 25th November 2025 | 4.30-8pm
📍 Threesixty Architecture, Glasgow
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📆 Tuesday 25th November 2025 | 4.30-8pm
📍 Threesixty Architecture, Glasgow
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Join us for a unique opportunity to hear from Human Nature, the pioneering UK developer reimagining how communities are built - from first principles of sustainability, wellbeing, and design excellence.
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📆 Tuesday 25th November 2025 | 4.30-8pm
📍 Threesixty Architecture, Glasgow
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📆 Tuesday 25th November 2025 | 4.30-8pm
📍 Threesixty Architecture, Glasgow
Join us next Wednesday for Hacking the Housing System, where we’ll explore the system-scale innovation needed to tackle the housing emergency and accelerate better, faster, more affordable regeneration.
📆 Wednesday 26th November 2025 | 9.30am-4pm.
📍 The Exchange, Glasgow
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📆 Wednesday 26th November 2025 | 9.30am-4pm.
📍 The Exchange, Glasgow
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November 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Join us next Wednesday for Hacking the Housing System, where we’ll explore the system-scale innovation needed to tackle the housing emergency and accelerate better, faster, more affordable regeneration.
📆 Wednesday 26th November 2025 | 9.30am-4pm.
📍 The Exchange, Glasgow
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📆 Wednesday 26th November 2025 | 9.30am-4pm.
📍 The Exchange, Glasgow
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ASBP and BE-ST are pleased to announce a new strategic partnership to advance the use of sustainable building products across the UK built environment and construction sectors.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
ASBP and BE-ST are pleased to announce a new strategic partnership to advance the use of sustainable building products across the UK built environment and construction sectors.
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Thames Freeport has launched its Sustainable Construction Lab, marking the start of a coordinated programme to accelerate neighbourhood-scale retrofit and low-carbon construction across East London and South Essex.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Thames Freeport has launched its Sustainable Construction Lab, marking the start of a coordinated programme to accelerate neighbourhood-scale retrofit and low-carbon construction across East London and South Essex.
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🚨 Happening this Wednesday.
Sign up for this webinar to learn how the Passivhaus Practical course, developed in collaboration by BE-ST and Coaction Training CIC, can help you and your organisation prepare for low-energy construction.
📆 19 Nov | 12P- 12:45 PM
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Sign up for this webinar to learn how the Passivhaus Practical course, developed in collaboration by BE-ST and Coaction Training CIC, can help you and your organisation prepare for low-energy construction.
📆 19 Nov | 12P- 12:45 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🚨 Happening this Wednesday.
Sign up for this webinar to learn how the Passivhaus Practical course, developed in collaboration by BE-ST and Coaction Training CIC, can help you and your organisation prepare for low-energy construction.
📆 19 Nov | 12P- 12:45 PM
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Sign up for this webinar to learn how the Passivhaus Practical course, developed in collaboration by BE-ST and Coaction Training CIC, can help you and your organisation prepare for low-energy construction.
📆 19 Nov | 12P- 12:45 PM
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Join us for a unique opportunity to hear from Human Nature, the pioneering UK developer reimagining how communities are built - from first principles of sustainability, wellbeing, and design excellence.
➡️ buff.ly/iBDRuDX
📆 Tuesday 25th November 2025 | 4.30-8pm
📍 Threesixty Architecture, Glasgow
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📆 Tuesday 25th November 2025 | 4.30-8pm
📍 Threesixty Architecture, Glasgow
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Join us for a unique opportunity to hear from Human Nature, the pioneering UK developer reimagining how communities are built - from first principles of sustainability, wellbeing, and design excellence.
➡️ buff.ly/iBDRuDX
📆 Tuesday 25th November 2025 | 4.30-8pm
📍 Threesixty Architecture, Glasgow
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📆 Tuesday 25th November 2025 | 4.30-8pm
📍 Threesixty Architecture, Glasgow
We're excited to announce our flagship event that will bring to a close BE-ST Fest 2025, Hacking the Housing System.
📆 Wednesday 26th November 2025 | 9.30am-4pm.
📍 The Exchange, Glasgow
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📆 Wednesday 26th November 2025 | 9.30am-4pm.
📍 The Exchange, Glasgow
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November 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
We're excited to announce our flagship event that will bring to a close BE-ST Fest 2025, Hacking the Housing System.
📆 Wednesday 26th November 2025 | 9.30am-4pm.
📍 The Exchange, Glasgow
🔗 buff.ly/gqu2TSv
📆 Wednesday 26th November 2025 | 9.30am-4pm.
📍 The Exchange, Glasgow
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Last week, we welcomed MOD X, the leading U.S. advisory body for offsite construction, to Scotland as part of their global learning journey, joining BE-ST Fest ’25 to exchange insights on how international lessons can help us deliver homes better and faster. Read the full story here: buff.ly/sdy9Rtj
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Last week, we welcomed MOD X, the leading U.S. advisory body for offsite construction, to Scotland as part of their global learning journey, joining BE-ST Fest ’25 to exchange insights on how international lessons can help us deliver homes better and faster. Read the full story here: buff.ly/sdy9Rtj
Join us for this free 45-minute webinar to learn how the Passivhaus Practical course, developed in collaboration by BE-ST and Coaction Training CIC, can help you and your organisation prepare for low energy construction.
📆 19 Nov 2025
⏰ 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM GMT
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📆 19 Nov 2025
⏰ 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM GMT
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November 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Join us for this free 45-minute webinar to learn how the Passivhaus Practical course, developed in collaboration by BE-ST and Coaction Training CIC, can help you and your organisation prepare for low energy construction.
📆 19 Nov 2025
⏰ 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM GMT
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📆 19 Nov 2025
⏰ 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM GMT
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Join the BE Changemakers for an evening discussion which opens up an honest, practical conversation around the real barriers to delivering sustainable construction.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Join the BE Changemakers for an evening discussion which opens up an honest, practical conversation around the real barriers to delivering sustainable construction.
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Last night, we celebrated the A-Z Awards with 200+ stakeholders. During the ceremony, businesses, individuals and organisations were celebrated for their contribution and dedication to decarbonising the built environment across 11 different categories.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Last night, we celebrated the A-Z Awards with 200+ stakeholders. During the ceremony, businesses, individuals and organisations were celebrated for their contribution and dedication to decarbonising the built environment across 11 different categories.
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Congratulations again to all of the finalists, the winners, and those highly commended. You are all doing important, transformational work!
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Congratulations again to all of the finalists, the winners, and those highly commended. You are all doing important, transformational work!
The winner of the Community Champion Award is East Lothian Climate Hub 🎉
East Lothian Climate Hub has been offering free heat surveys to diagnose heat loss in East Lothian’s homes. The judges praised the team for rapidly scaling their impact through gifting, mentoring and shared resources.
East Lothian Climate Hub has been offering free heat surveys to diagnose heat loss in East Lothian’s homes. The judges praised the team for rapidly scaling their impact through gifting, mentoring and shared resources.
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The winner of the Community Champion Award is East Lothian Climate Hub 🎉
East Lothian Climate Hub has been offering free heat surveys to diagnose heat loss in East Lothian’s homes. The judges praised the team for rapidly scaling their impact through gifting, mentoring and shared resources.
East Lothian Climate Hub has been offering free heat surveys to diagnose heat loss in East Lothian’s homes. The judges praised the team for rapidly scaling their impact through gifting, mentoring and shared resources.
Last but by no means least, we have the Community Champion Award. This award is all about celebrating the individuals, companies and organisations who have made a significant contribution to transformation on a local scale.
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Last but by no means least, we have the Community Champion Award. This award is all about celebrating the individuals, companies and organisations who have made a significant contribution to transformation on a local scale.
The winner of the Skills Impact Award is Construction Aware.
The judges felt that Construction Aware stood out as the winner of this award. The judges praised the practical nature of this collaborative skills project, which introduces young people to on-site learning.
The judges felt that Construction Aware stood out as the winner of this award. The judges praised the practical nature of this collaborative skills project, which introduces young people to on-site learning.
November 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The winner of the Skills Impact Award is Construction Aware.
The judges felt that Construction Aware stood out as the winner of this award. The judges praised the practical nature of this collaborative skills project, which introduces young people to on-site learning.
The judges felt that Construction Aware stood out as the winner of this award. The judges praised the practical nature of this collaborative skills project, which introduces young people to on-site learning.
Our next Award is the Skills Impact Award. Demand for skills to support the transition to zero carbon is growing. We need to find scalable approaches to boost these skills to meet our net zero goals across Scotland.
November 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Our next Award is the Skills Impact Award. Demand for skills to support the transition to zero carbon is growing. We need to find scalable approaches to boost these skills to meet our net zero goals across Scotland.
The winner of the Technology Impact Award is YorEnergy 🎉
The judges wanted to recognise YorEnergy for how its One Stop Shop platform is advancing residential decarbonisation in York.
The judges wanted to recognise YorEnergy for how its One Stop Shop platform is advancing residential decarbonisation in York.
November 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The winner of the Technology Impact Award is YorEnergy 🎉
The judges wanted to recognise YorEnergy for how its One Stop Shop platform is advancing residential decarbonisation in York.
The judges wanted to recognise YorEnergy for how its One Stop Shop platform is advancing residential decarbonisation in York.
It goes without saying that technology will be key to achieving zero carbon emissions.
In this category the judges were looking for a technology-based solution or an example of technology being used in an innovative, impactful, and scalable way to advance the just transition to net zero.
In this category the judges were looking for a technology-based solution or an example of technology being used in an innovative, impactful, and scalable way to advance the just transition to net zero.
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It goes without saying that technology will be key to achieving zero carbon emissions.
In this category the judges were looking for a technology-based solution or an example of technology being used in an innovative, impactful, and scalable way to advance the just transition to net zero.
In this category the judges were looking for a technology-based solution or an example of technology being used in an innovative, impactful, and scalable way to advance the just transition to net zero.
The winner of the Retrofit Award is Vital Energi!
Vital Energi has supported several NHS Scotland Health Boards to decarbonise. The judges were impressed by how replicable the projects were, and how they demonstrated the potential of scalable retrofits across public sector estates.
Vital Energi has supported several NHS Scotland Health Boards to decarbonise. The judges were impressed by how replicable the projects were, and how they demonstrated the potential of scalable retrofits across public sector estates.
November 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The winner of the Retrofit Award is Vital Energi!
Vital Energi has supported several NHS Scotland Health Boards to decarbonise. The judges were impressed by how replicable the projects were, and how they demonstrated the potential of scalable retrofits across public sector estates.
Vital Energi has supported several NHS Scotland Health Boards to decarbonise. The judges were impressed by how replicable the projects were, and how they demonstrated the potential of scalable retrofits across public sector estates.