Breakfast to champion sustainable building in the quest for net zero

A CLUB founded to bring together sustainability professionals from across Scottish construction is coming to Dundee.

Sustainabuild Scotland launched in January and has since run monthly breakfast club, networking and learning events in Edinburgh.

Due to its success in the capital, the group will host a Dundee breakfast club at Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc on May 14 with the theme “Building for Net Zero”.

Organisations and individuals from the construction and built environment sectors will collaborate, share ideas and create opportunities for more sustainable practices.

Speakers include Dundee councillor Heather Anderson, Holmes Miller project architect Guillem Arraez, and Peter Mcconnachie, Passivhaus manager at Robertson Construction Tayside.

Matt Colgan, director of Sustainabuild, said: “It’s fantastic to be growing our Sustainabuild community across the country.

“Since we launched in January, we have been hugely encouraged at the support that we’ve received and the great value attendees are getting from participation.”

He added: “With the recent realisation that Scotland will not be meeting its 2030 targets for greenhouse gas emissions, it is imperative that we continue to drive the agenda for more sustainable solutions.

“We still have a plan to achieve net zero by 2045, and it is only by collaborating and meeting with the industry regularly that we are going to create opportunities for change.”

The Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc was built with its carbon footprint in mind, fuelled by wind power and heated from a neighbouring waste plant.

Gill Simpson, marketing and communications director at Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc, said: “We’re excited to be a venue partner with Sustainabuild, bringing this impactful series of events for sustainable building to Dundee.

“The audience can learn from the Innovation Hub story and be inspired by this unique building.”