The construction industry has one of the largest impacts on sustainability: environmentally, socially and economically. Across Europe, there is a relative reluctance to implement innovative practices in the construction industry that are in tune with the principles of sustainability. Although many construction professionals are aware of the technical issues of sustainability they are unaware of the importance of managing sustainability through the project life cycle. As such there is a need to transfer knowledge that seeks to explore the issues in a simple and clearly defined manner.The aim of this transfer of knowledge project was to provide training in managing whole life sustainability of the built environment to allow participants to achieve a more sustainable construction industry. The project offered a) a train the trainer service to ensure sustainability of the project, and b) to train the members of a construction team including clients, designers, contractors, operators and other professionals to undertake the effective management of their projects to meet the challenges of a sustainable built environment. Training was provided in a blended approach which included classroom teaching, distance learning and an online forum for debate and discussion. The applicant, WLC Ltd have trained around 500 people in the areas of sustainability assessment, whole life costing and productivity improvement over the last 6 years. The innovation is the whole life management of sustainability. As a spin-out company from the University of Dundee they are at the cutting edge of research & knowledge transfer and brought together a consortium of partners geographically spread across Europe and including training providers and Universities with a wide range of experience in European vocational training projects. The project managed to deliver, over two years, country-specific training for lifelong learning in sustainability of the construction industry. The key learning points included sustainable development in construction, holistic sustainability assessment, sustainable procurement, innovation and sustainable construction standards. It produced a long-term programme of materials and suitably qualified trainers to improve the sustainability of the construction industry in the partner countries. The tangible results of the project were principally training materials for the receivers of knowledge. This included the preparation of documentation setting out the benefits of sustainable construction with the aim of creating greater awareness in society where the benefits of sustainable construction can be realised. This included the application of different sustainability assessment tools. Training was delivered in a combination of face-to-face (2-day training course and half day workshops) and distance learning.