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Zero Carbon Hospital being planned by NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Lanarkshire is planning a £500m new hospital in Wester Moffat on the outskirts of Airdrie in Scotland. This will be the first in Scotland to be designed as fully net zero for both the build and operation phases.
New Office Development For Carrick Square, Glasgow
Initial plans have been brought forward for a major office building on a site in Glasgow’s Broomielaw office district. Mosaic Architecture & Design has submitted an application for planning in principle to erect the second phase of planned office development at Carrick Street.
If approved, the 17-storey office block will be situated behind the 14-storey phase one building, with construction due to start on that in the first half of 2022.
£1.3bn Edinburgh Waterfront Scheme Seeks MMC Expert as Development Partner
The City of Edinburgh Council is looking for a development partner to start a major new regeneration of part of its waterfront. The £170-£190m first phase of the overall Granton Waterfront project requires expertise in sustainability and modern methods of construction.
440 private homes, 200 council homes, 2,000 square metres of private commercial space and 1,000 square metres of public-sector space are being planned, connected by sustainable transport infrastructure and served by low-carbon energy projects.
January’s Featured Topic: Biodiversity & Ecology
All of the Earth’s plants, animals, insects and microbes contribute to biodiversity with each individual species playing its own unique part. Without biodiversity, we would not have clean air, water or soil. Our food sources, raw materials and even our climate can be dramatically affected by changes in species diversity.
Start your learning on the topic of Biodiversity with the handpicked resources below:
Reducing Biodiversity Loss
A weblink providing an engaging introduction to biodiversity, what it means and why we need to preserve and enhance it.
Human Impacts on Biodiversity
This short video introduces some of the key the key impacts human have to biodiversity.
Guidance for Pollution Prevention
A guide from from Natural Resources Wales (NRW), the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), giving advice on how to prevent pollution and protect the environment.
New Sustainability Supply Chain & Stakeholder Workshops announced by Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN)
As a principal partner of COP26, one of SSEN’s key goals is to build a legacy through their involvement with this crucial summit to create a cleaner, greener future for all of us.
Part of that commitment is to bring industry together who are already powering change through the work they are doing to make net zero a reality.
As such SSEN are supporting industry on the transition to net zero by offering the Climate Academy, a series of six online learning sessions available to charities and businesses across their licence areas. In partnership with the Supply Chain Sustainability School, the Climate Academy will provide a rich knowledge and understanding of climate change issues and what we can do to address them.
Starting on 26 January 2022, the sessions will share insight on safeguarding and enhancing the environment, with an emphasis on education and awareness of climate change. There will also be a strong focus on social inclusion, and creating a more fair, just and inclusive society at local, national and international levels.
The sessions will be “Lunch and Learn” hour long sessions, taking place 12:00pm -13:00pm on the following dates:
- 26th January 2022 – Introduction to Climate Change
- 2nd February 2022 – Net Zero & Carbon Neutral
- 9th February 2022 – Adaptation
- 16th February 2022- Climate Change and Nature
- 23rd February 2022 – Climate Change and People
- 2nd March 2022 – Waste, Resource Efficiency and the Circular Economy