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Today's instalment in our COP26SCN feature highlights the pioneering retrofit of a pre-1919 tenement to Passivhaus enerPHit standards being undertaken on behalf of Southside Housing Association in Glasgow. Glasgow has around 73,000 iconic pre-1919 sandstone tenements. Their age, built form, con

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The Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) has announced the launch of its new £450,000 Low Carbon Learning programme, the UK’s first ever training course designed to equip construction workers with the skills to retrofit buildings for a low carbon future.

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A £4.5 million retrofit programme to reduce carbon emissions and boost the energy efficiency of 75 terraced homes in Paisley has been cancelled by Renfrewshire Council. The work by the council’s housing investment team was designed to slash heating bills at the 1960s-built crosswall cons

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Glasgow-based John Gilbert Architects has been appointed to lead a team of architects, engineers and other specialist consultants to design an innovative community-led project to bring more affordable housing to the Cairngorms National Park. Braemar Community Ltd (BCL) has secured £120,000 in

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The former Territorial Army building on Paisley’s High Street could be transformed into student accommodation for the nearby University of the West of Scotland (UWS) under newly submitted plans.

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