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Heriot Watt has received £340,000 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation, and $443,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to research and develop a revolutionary vibro-impact energy

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Glasgow has become the first UK city to sign the Circular Cities Declaration, cementing its commitment to tackling the climate emergency. After receiving support from the council’s City Administration Committee in April, the signing recognises

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A Passive House requires as little as 10 percent of the energy used by typical Central European buildings – meaning an energy savings of up to 90 percent. So how does it work? Passive Houses

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In our first post of the series, we are going to be exploring what a Passivhaus is and how it originated.   “A Passivhaus is a building in which thermal comfort can be achieved solely by post-heating or post-cooling the fresh air flow

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Scotland is leading the way in green skills training through its Passivhaus initiatives and construction training for professionals.  Scotland has some of the most ambitious climate targets in the world including the net-zero target for 2045 and

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Following a review, the flagship voucher scheme launched last year closed to new applications on 31 March at 5 pm.  The £1.5 billion programme which offered households grants of up to £5,000 or 10,000 to insert insulation or

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There are a few examples of this in practice and this week we will be going over the collaboration between Accenture and Microsoft to help accelerate the UK’s transition to net-zero carbon emissions. The two companies, along with

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Our latest blog this week is going to be in two parts. This week will cover a brief overview of the role of digital and data in achieving Net Zero and next week will be

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In 2019, Governments across all nations of the UK committed to the Net Zero target as recommended by the Climate Change Committee. Achieving the net-zero target by 2050, however, will require an unprecedented transformation of our infrastructure including

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The UK may be unable to meet its net zero targets because of construction skills shortages, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research  A letter has been put together by leading construction industry figures

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