The UK's first BSc in Sustainable Construction has been launched by UHI, a group of educational institutions pushing for university status in the Highlands and Islands in Scotland.

The online science degree will be offered this autumn by UHI Millennium Institute.

The course was principally designed by Kenneth MacLeod, who has since left UHI to join contractor UBC Group.


Mr MacLeod said: "We believe it is the only one of its kind in the UK with sustainability at its core. We've had a lot of interest in it so far; not least of all from the industry itself where there is a need for professionals able and qualified to move it forward.

"The course will cover new legislation, renewable energy production, equipment and systems, as well as waste management and other sustainable challenges for new builds and conversions."

(CD/JM)