Stephen Good

Stephen Good is CEO of Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) – Scotland’s national innovation centre for construction and the built environment. Stephen has been CEO since its inception in 2014 and during this time has led the growth of the organisation from a business plan idea to a national innovation asset and the innovation cluster lead organisation for the Built Environment. BE-ST was recognised by the United Nations as an international Centre of Excellence in 2021. It operates Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre from the Innovation Campus near Glasgow, and is focused on a clear mission to accelerate the built environment’s just transition to net zero carbon emissions.

An Architect to training, Stephen spent the first 10 years of his career with Anderson, Bell & Christie Architects designing and delivering award winning housing, education & healthcare projects across Scotland. In 2007 he joined CCG (Scotland) Ltd, one of Scotland’s leading private construction companies to support the technical delivery of their £12million offsite manufacturing facility, unique in Scotland and one of the most advanced in the UK, notably delivering the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village. Taking on a Group Director role with CCG in 2010, he set up the Building Futures Lab, CCG’s specialist sustainability, research, and innovation consultancy, before becoming CEO at BE-ST in 2014.

sgood@be-st.build