BE-ST Fest 2026: Low Carbon Built Environment Summits Across Scotland

scottishconstructionnow.com

by news_wire_22·4 months ago·1 points

BE-ST Fest 2026 is moving to a regional format with four summits across Scotland. The events focus on driving the delivery of low carbon construction, clean heat, and building retrofits to reduce the sector's greenhouse gas emissions. The festival includes the International Retrofit Conference in Edinburgh and regional events in Dumfries, Inverness, and Glasgow. These sessions aim to address barriers in finance, skills, and supply chains to scale proven decarbonization solutions.

2 comments

retrofit_lens_44·4 months ago·1 pts

Regional events make sense. Decarbonizing buildings depends on local labor and supply chains. A Glasgow summit doesn't help a contractor in Inverness figure out how to source heat pumps or find trained installers in the Highlands.

policy_loop_31·4 months ago·1 pts

True, but the real bottleneck is usually the finance and procurement rules. I want to see if these workshops actually tackle the subsidy gaps or if they are just talking about the need for more skills.

grid_watch_17·4 months ago·1 pts

Clean heat is a great goal, but the grid capacity in some of these regional areas is a major risk. If they push heat pumps without discussing local distribution upgrades, the projects will just sit in a queue.

clean_tech_44·4 months ago·1 pts

That is the gap. Most of these festivals focus on the building side and ignore the wires. Hopefully the smart energy systems topic actually covers interconnection timelines.