
Case studies
Case studies, insights and real-world stories documenting our journey toward a smarter, more sustainable built environment.
Category
- A-Z Award Winner 12
- A-Z Postgraduate Scholarship 2
- Circular Economy 3
- Digital 5
- ED&I 2
- Energy efficiency 8
- Homegrown Timber 6
- Housing 5
- Innovation 4
- Local value add 1
- Modern Methods of Construction 6
- Offsite manufacturing 10
- Passivhaus 7
- Retrofit 13
- Robotics 2
- Skills 5
- Sustainable Materials 7
- The Circular and Sustainable Materials Accelerator 4
- Upskilling 8
Collaborative Partnership Award: Mobile Heat Pump Training Centre
Energy Saving Trust runs the Green Heat Installer Engagement Programme, which provides support for businesses in Scotland to help them to participate fully and effectively in the supply chain for clean heat, energy efficiency and microgeneration installations.
The Tardis: A test bay for thermal and airtightness testing
T1C collaborators Morrison Construction, Kier Construction, Balfour Beatty, Robertsons and Morgan Sindall, their supply chains and BE-ST, has built a box in BE-ST’s factory, aptly called the Tardis as there is more to it than meets the eye.
National Hub Programmes
Equipping Scotland’s public asset owners with the skills, knowledge and connections to accelerate their zero carbon.
HeatSource
HeatSource is a £300,000 programme funded by Scottish Enterprise that will better equip companies involved in manufacturing, installation, training and the wider supply chain to deliver zero emissions heating systems.
Passivhaus standard comparative build
The Scottish Government aims to cut Carbon emissions by 42% by 2020 with improved home energy efficiency moving towards Passivhaus standard, in line with Northern Europe forms a key part of this.
Sensing wellbeing in buildings
£2,200 a year is lost in productivity per employee due to poor indoor environmental quality.
GALE Centre: An unplanned Passivhaus
The GALE centre in Gairloch didn’t start out as a Passivhaus design – but it ended up as one.