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Professional Development and Training

Pattiesmuir Ltd is concerned with bringing in new entrants and working with established professionals in the green economy.


Our primary focus is in entrepreneurship and employability skills which are highly business focused, and we offer skills based courses in Entrepreneurial Ideation and Lateral Thinking, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Emotional Intelligence, and Communication, in addition to in-house Carbon Management and Carbon Accounting delivery.


We have an extensive and trusted network of experts in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) professions and are therefore able to offer a wide catalogue of advanced topics that can be delivered in-person, online or in a blended format.


Click on the accordion tabs below to view the topics that fall under each heading.

  • Entrepreneurial Ideation

    • Creativity Lifecycle and Imaginativeness
    • Lateral Thinking methods
    • Opportunities
    • Markets and Competition
    • Next Steps

  • Carbon Management and Accounting

    We deliver an accredited course directly through Edinburgh Napier University, and can deliver to your organisations in-person (please contact us about this option).


    • Organisational greenhouse gas management.
    • Top-down and bottom-up carbon and sustainability accounting.
    • UK wide policies and standards (e.g. ESOS, SECR, ESG, SBTi)
    • Accounting for social costs.
    • Evaluation.

  • Policy Agendas

    • Understanding, interpreting, and communicating policy.
    • Influencing public and private policy.
    • Working with stakeholders and political champions.

  • Energy Policy

    • Scottish, UK, and international policy covering energy, the built environment, renewable energy, energy efficiency, behaviour change, climate change, and fuel poverty.
    • Fuel types, technologies, opportunities, limitations, costs, and benefits
    • Policy evaluation.

  • Residential and Commercial Buildings

    • Understanding energy performance assessments.
    • Demand side management.
    • District Heating Systems (including 4th generation).
    • Geothermal.
    • Heat pumps (air source, ground source, water source).
    • Whole-life energy and carbon costs.
    • Retrofitting for energy efficiency and sustainability.

  • Demand Side Management

    • Demand reduction.
    • Retrofitting for net zero.
    • Behaviour change.

  • Environmental Impact of Technology

    • Using appropriate technology.
    • Reducing the environmental impact of technology.
    • Using technology to reduce energy demand and influence behaviour.

  • Fuel Poverty

    • Defining, measuring, and mapping fuel poverty.
    • Understanding fuel poverty as a complex problem.
    • Tackling fuel poverty using technological, economic and social measures.

  • Electronic Waste Management

    • International regulations – the UK, the EU, the USA, China, India, etc. 
    • Managing waste electrical and electronic equipment.
    • Reducing the use of hazardous substances.
    • Eco-design.
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