Circular Economy Construction Retrofit Programme
Scotland needs 20,000 additional workers trained in construction retrofit by 2030 to meet the demand for more energy efficient buildings and net-zero targets.
Incorporating circular principles into construction has great benefits including reducing embodied carbon, plus designing for optimisation including maintenance and deconstruction. In recognition of this, the Circular Economy (CE) Construction Retrofit Training Programme was made a priority project within the Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan (CESAP).
Zero Waste Scotland has developed resources to enable those running retrofit training or courses to embed circularity within their offerings – see below. Inclusion is of course important to us as we strive to empower Scotland’s Just Transition to a circular, climate resilient economy, so these are available to anyone who has an interest.
If you would like to discuss this work in more detail or if you have an interest in future developments, please contact Deborah Mooney, Consultant (Education & Skills): deborah.mooney@zerowastescotland.org.uk.
Circular Economy Construction Retrofit 'Train The Trainer' session
The CE Construction Retrofit 'Train The Trainer' session was held on the 16th of June, 2023 at BE-ST, and delivered by us and The Verdancy Group/Bruce Newlands to a group comprised mostly of those within the Further Education sector. The aim of the session was to enable those teaching construction retrofit to others to learn about circular retrofit, and in turn be able to embed these principles within their own teachings - the key principles of which are:
- Keep resources in use for as long as possible
- Extract the maximum value from them in use, increase their efficiency or usefulness
- Reuse, regenerate & remanufacture products
- Recover materials at the end of life and a clear focus on 'design for deconstruction'2
'Train the Trainer' Session Materials
CE Construction Retrofit materials:
There are great resources available from other organisations working in retrofit within the Built Environment space, such as: