Morgan Ashurst has won a new £7.8 million contract to build a new eco-school in Fife, Scotland.

Working for Fife Council, the company's Glasgow office has designed and will build a brand new primary school in Dunfermline East which will aim to be one of the greenest schools in Scotland.

The school - which will set a new standard of education facilities in Fife - will boast a number of innovative sustainable features including a Combined Heat and Power Engine to heat the building and provide electricity, rainwater harvesting technology and natural ventilation.

Morgan Ashurst will aim for a BREEAM rating of excellent - possibly outstanding - with the incorporation of wind turbines and A+ rated building materials currently being explored as an option for the client.

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"We're thrilled to be part of this exciting project to build one of Scotland’s most sustainable schools," said Morgan Ashurst managing director Harry Thorburn. "We are always to keen to minimise our carbon footprint as much as we can on all of our construction sites and this project has given us an opportunity to use sustainable technologies and construction methods throughout the entire process from the design phases."

He added: "We hope the local community will enjoy watching their new school take shape over the next year."

Cllr Douglas Chapman, chair of Fife Council’s Education and Children's Services Committee, said: "We are investing £126 million into our Building Fife’s Future project to ensure that the children of Fife will be educated in schools that are fit for the 21 century. "We have an excellent opportunity now to build schools not just for today but for the future. Key to that future-proofing is building schools which are sustainable. That's why I'm delighted with Morgan Ashurst’s sector-leading, ecological design for the school."

(GK/BMcC)