There is a continuous requirement in the Education sector to achieve cost efficiencies and value for money whilst maintaining high standards of education attainment and providing for new ways of learning.
Fife College Dunfermline Learning Campus: Scotland’s First Net Zero Public Sector Building Nears Completion
Fife College's new Dunfermline Learning Campus is the first built to Scottish Government's Net Zero Public Sector Building Standards, setting new sustainable development benchmarks.
Scheduled to open in autumn 2025, the state-of-the-art campus has already made waves in the construction and public sectors. As an SFT (Scottish Futures Trust) Pathfinder project, it has recently achieved independent verification for both its embodied and whole life carbon assessments, placing it at the forefront of sustainable infrastructure.
With an embodied carbon footprint of just over 560kg CO₂e/m² for the main building (the teaching block), and an average of 601kg CO₂e/m² across all three new buildings, the project has outperformed its target of 650kg CO₂e/m². These results make the Dunfermline Learning Campus Scotland’s first net zero-ready tertiary education facility, attracting attention as a model for future public sector buildings.
There is a continuous requirement in the Education sector to achieve cost efficiencies and value for money whilst maintaining high standards of education attainment and providing for new ways of learning.