A full project team has been selected to design and build a new state-of-the-art Wellbeing Hub and Lochies School in Alloa. The Wellbeing Hub and swimming pools will be built alongside a new Lochies School, specifically designed to meet the needs of children and young people with severe and com
Passivhaus
The first Passivhaus primary school project in Scotland to be constructed from cross-laminated timber (CLT) has opened its doors in Edinburgh.
Campion Homes joint managing directors Susan Jackson and Dougie Herd welcomed Homes for Scotland staff and members to its latest completed project in Gauldry this week, where they were invited to take a tour of the development and learn more about these innovative new homes.
Planning permission has been granted for a new community campus in Faifley, West Dunbartonshire that will bring together two primary schools, a nursery and ASN provision with a host of community facilities, including a library.
A new energy efficient council housing development in Bonhill is moving forward after planning permission was granted.
Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST), in collaboration with Coaction Training CIC (formerly known as Carbonlite), has announced a new training initiative aimed at revolutionising the construction industry's approach to sustainable building.
Minister for zero carbon buildings, active travel and tenants' rights Patrick Harvie MSP visited Scotland’s largest Passivhaus development in Dundashill with West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) and contractor CCG (Scotland) Ltd. Located on the site of the former Diageo Distillery, the
Work on a new £24 million Passivhaus primary school for Irvine has officially commenced. North Ayrshire provost Anthea Dickson carried out the official ground-breaking duties to signal the start of construction of the new facility at Montgomerie Park.
Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has started work on the most ambitious Passivhaus programme in Scotland for Midlothian Council at Bonnyrigg. Work is underway to build 20 new one-bedroom apartments, among 182 homes the council will deliver built to the exacting, energy-efficient Passi
There is no doubt that launching a Passivhaus equivalent for Scotland will drive up the operational efficiency of homes, but as Mike Stevenson, senior manager strategic markets at NorDan UK argues, we also can’t be passive about embodied carbon. There is no doubt that a proposed Scottish equiv
A striking Scottish architectural gem hidden in the rural Highlands has been shortlisted in the 2023 UK Passivhaus Awards.
Highly energy-efficient windows are to be installed in 111 properties in Motherwell as part of a planned maintenance workstream led by Lanarkshire Housing Association.
Six new flats in a courtyard behind Buccleuch Street in Dalkeith, part of an ambitious energy-efficient council housing programme, are expected to be welcoming their new council tenants in the autumn.
Work has started on-site to build 20 new affordable housing apartments in Midlothian. Situated on the High Street of Bonnyrigg’s popular town centre, Cruden Building is delivering the project on behalf of Midlothian Council. The new homes will support the council’s wider ambition to reac
Kingdom Housing Association welcomed Scottish Labour spokesperson on housing & local government Mark Griffin MSP as well as representatives from the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) and Kingdom board members to its largest sustainable housing development to date recently. The &