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published: 31/8/2010
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Low Carbon Built Environment Expert Service for Scottish SME Innovators
Scottish Enterprise (SE) has launched a ‘Low Carbon Built Environment (LCBE) Expert Service’ to support individuals and organisations with products that will help Scotland deliver on its low and zero carbon agenda.
BRE will help deliver the service and bring with them expertise from the BRE Centre of Excellence at Strathclyde University and the Institute for Sustainable Construction at Edinburgh Napier University. The project will run for three years and will aim to assist in excess of 150 companies through delivery of the service.
Using the BBC 'Dragons Den' model, the project team will assess proposals submitted by Scottish companies. Once a project has gained approval to proceed the company will then be invited to attend a surgery held by 'LCBE Experts' who will interrogate the feasibility and development of the proposal on behalf of Scottish Enterprise for acceleration to the market place.
Laura Birrell, Associate Director BRE Scotland stated “Our aim is to gain maximum opportunity for organisations operating within the Scottish Enterprise region. Within our team we have the necessary expertise to not only identify key projects for investment but to enable and stimulate cross sector collaboration in delivery of low carbon solutions to the market. Scottish Enterprise should be applauded for investing in an emerging sector that has the potential to create opportunities for Scottish companies to innovate, resulting in low carbon solutions being made available to the international market. An additional benefit of this service is that when the construction sector recovers from the downturn there will be a better choice of low and zero carbon technologies to procure into projects to meet future energy standards”.
Michael Kornacki, Project Manager, Scottish Enterprise said: "Opportunities arising within the emerging low carbon sector provide a unique chance for the Scottish construction sector to develop world-leading technologies in designing, building or retrofitting domestic or commercial buildings in order to adjust them to zero carbon standards. Scottish Enterprise wishes to support the construction sector in grasping these opportunities and therefore grow the Scottish economy"
The project will be executed with Dragons Den format roadshows, dedicated surgeries and provision of a website to provide information such as dates of roadshows, registering projects for evaluation, production of case studies, general advice and links to relevant websites.
To register interest in the first event to be held in October or for any further information contact the BRE Scotland office at East Kilbride on 01355 576200 or email Laura Birrell at birrelll@bre.co.uk
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