EDC Affordable Housing Investment Programme – Glasgow Road

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.

An existing strip of vacant land parallel to Glasgow Road will provide 54nr Passivhaus certified affordable social homes. The development includes 3nr six storey flatted blocks for varying needs; A proportion will be fully accessible dwellings.

Fact File

CLIENT

East Dunbartonshire Council

LOCATION

Kirkintilloch

PROJECT TYPE

Housing – Passivhaus

MAIN CONTRACTOR

McTaggart Construction

ARCHITECT/ PASSIVHAUS DESIGNER

Coltart Earley

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