Fife College’s new Learning Campus in Dunfermline is Scotland’s first net zero college, and an example of the Scottish Government’s Net Zero Public Sector Buildings (NZPSB) standard. 

As a supplier of educational lighting and a manufacturer of low carbon solutions, Whitecroft Lighting was invited to a workshop by project developer Balfour Beatty to optimise its net zero solution. 

Whitecroft was in the early stages of developing Geopak™, aiming to eliminate single use plastic and implement GPS tagging in it packaging of luminaires to major projects. It was invited to trial the solution for the Fife College Project. 

Developed with Cardiff University and consultants PDR, Geopak™ is a reusable packaging system employing standardised “totes” into which lighting products are packed. The totes accommodate mixed product types but can be neatly packed into pallet boxes for efficient use of space during delivery. 

Made from recycled polypropylene, the Geopak™ modules can be reused a minimum of 12 times, while the bigger pallet boxes reduce the need for single use plastic wrapping. The modules, which have GPS trackers, are easy to collapse and store until collected for reuse.  

Geopak™ debuted at Fife College Project and Balfour Beatty estimates that two tonnes of packaging waste will be eliminated during the Campus project.