EDC Affordable Housing Investment Programme – Auchinairn

EDC in partnership with hub West Scotland are fully committed in delivering new affordable homes.

The Affordable Housing Investment Programme seeks to develop brownfield and vacant sites throughout various locations in East Dunbartonshire and provide Passivhaus certified social housing units. The design proposals have been developed in collaboration with all key stakeholders and are sensitive to their context by way of enhancing the surrounding areas; maximising quality and being an exemplar for social housing.

It is EDC’s aspiration to develop sustainable, zero carbon energy efficient homes to reduce carbon expenditure and running costs for future tenants.

The site of the former Auchinairn Primary School in Bishopbriggs will provide 63nr Passivhaus certified affordable new homes. The development includes a range of 2, 4 and 6-person units consisting of flats, cottage flats and terraced housing for varying needs; A proportion will be fully accessible dwellings.

Fact File

CLIENT

East Dunbartonshire Council

LOCATION

Bishopbriggs

PROJECT TYPE

Housing

MAIN CONTRACTOR

Cruden

ARCHITECT/ PASSIVHAUS DESIGNER

CRGP

M&E

Hawthorne Boyle

CIVIL & STRUCTURAL

G3 Consulting

QS & PD

MGAC

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

Hirst

PASSIVHAUS CERTIFIER

ECD Architects

ENERGY / PASSIVHAUS CONSULTANT

Carbon Futures