EDC Affordable Housing Investment Programme – Merkland
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 Merkland Primary School in Kirkintilloch the project will provide 43nr Passivhaus certified social housing units. The development includes a range of 2, 4 and 6-person units consisting of flats, cottage flats and semi-detached / terraced housing.
Fact File
CLIENT
East Dunbartonshire Council
LOCATION
Kirkintilloch
PROJECT TYPE
Housing – Passivhaus
MAIN CONTRACTOR
McTaggart Construction
ARCHITECT/ PASSIVHAUS DESIGNER
ABC Architects
M&E
Hawthorne Boyle
CIVIL & STRUCTURAL
Dougall Baillie Associates
QS & PD
Langmuir & Hay
PASSIVHAUS CERTIFIER
ECD Architects
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
DWA
ENERGY / PASSIVHAUS CONSULTANT
Carbon Futures