Middle East Renewable Energy, Solar Panels
Design and engineering consultancy Atkins is undertaking pioneering research and development in the Middle East to investigate the performance of Solar Photovoltaic Panels (PV).
Scottish Energy Performance Certificates
The Scotsman reveals that on the day (5th January) all large public buildings in Scotland were supposed to display Energy Performance Certificates under EU laws many public buildings failed to get a certificate, and of those that have many are poor.
Sullivan Report Low Carbon Building Standards
Sullivan Report prepared by a panel appointed by Scottish Ministers to advise on the development of a low carbon building standards strategy to increase energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.
BRE Approved Certifiers: Certification of Design
BRE Scotland has held a launch event to announce the opening of two new certification schemes – one for Approved Certifiers of non domestic buildings and one for Approved Certifiers of homes.
BRE House: Zero-Carbon Building
Reportedly the first house to achieve Level 6 benchmark under the Code for Sustainable Homes, the performance level that all new homes are supposed to achieve in 2016. BRE’s zero-carbon home includes photovoltaics, biomass boiler and ‘wind catcher’
Sustainable Architecture News Scotland, Policy
Ministerial Launch of Timber Development Programme & “New Timber Architecture in Scotland” Publication by Peter Wilson – Sustainable Timber Architecture News.
Scottish Natural Heritage HQ Inverness
The brief Scottish Natural Heritage required new headquarters to accommodate their relocation to Inverness as part of Scottish Executive decentralisation strategy. The challenge was to design and build a building that could economically meet their highly sustainability-oriented brief.
Scottish Biomass CHP Plant, Muirton, Perthshire
Planning approval has been sought for a large Biomass plant at Muirton Estate, Perthshire, that will provide heat and power to 330 new homes. Woodchip sourced from local sustainable forests and woodchip bi-product will fuel the plant which will maximise the energy efficiency of the housing scheme.
