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The Built Environment Innovation Podcast aims to bring you insights into the ways innovation is being used to transform construction.Come on the journey with us and be inspired by the ways our built environment is changing for the better.
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Dr Jocelyne Fleming, CIOB (opens the original)
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In this episode of the Accelerate to Zero podcast, we speak to Dr Jocelyne Fleming from the Chartered Institute of Building about Scotland’s housing emergency and the case for a more joined-up approach to housing policy. We explore how we can better measure the impact of housing policy, what Scotland can learn from Canada, and why collaboration across housing, construction, skills and other sectors is essential to creating a housing system that works for everyone.
Richard Nelson, Don't Waste Buildings (opens the original)
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In this episode, Richard Nelson, co-founder of Don’t Waste Buildings, discusses why reusing and retrofitting existing buildings needs to become a more viable and affordable option across the built environment. Drawing on the findings of Don’t Waste Buildings’ Reuse Dividend report, Richard explores how financial incentives, VAT, policy and investment can influence decisions around retrofit and demolition. He shares international examples from France, the US, Germany and Ireland, where different
Emma Church & Kieran Dick Doyle - Low Carbon Passport (opens the original)
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In this episode, BE-ST's Emma Church and Kieran Dick Doyle discuss the Low Carbon Passport, a free training programme built with Balfour Beatty, Kier Construction, Robertson Group and Morrison Construction to close that gap across the industry's workforce. They cover why the programme combines free online modules with hands-on practical training, how it's reaching everyone from apprentices to architects to tradespeople with decades on the tools, and why treating airtightness, fabric performance
Elaine Mullan, Social Bite & Matt Stevenson, Ecosystems Technologies (opens the original)
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Social Bite has been challenging what temporary accommodation looks like since the Edinburgh village opened in 2018, and the model is expanding. In this episode, Social Bite's Trust and Foundations Manager, Elaine and Ecosystems Technologies founder Matt Stevenson discuss the newly opened Rutherglen village, 15 nest houses and a community hub delivered in partnership with South Lanarkshire Council and Salvation Army, and why homegrown mass timber is central to how these spaces are built.
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