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Scottish homes built to Passivhaus standards near Lockerbie
Eight more new award-winning, energy-saving homes have been opened for rent on the Dormont Estate near Lockerbie, Dumfrieshire. They are up to ‘Passivhaus’ standards, an industry benchmark of superior quality low energy housing well above current UK requirements, meaning they effectively heat themselves.
The first of their kind to be built on a commercial scale in Scotland, the ‘green’ houses are part of the rural homes for rent grant scheme developed by Scottish Land & Estates and piloted by the Scottish Government.
Jamie Carruthers, owner of Dormont Estate, has spent the past three years organising the project through landowner membership organisation Scottish Land & Estates. He says: “We see here the physical results of a project which provides top quality and much-needed affordable rural housing for families. A great deal of work has been done over the last twenty years to improve the energy efficiency of our existing housing stock on the estate but this project takes our understanding of sustainable rural living to a completely new level.
“These unique new homes – the first on the estate for 50 years – will completely remove the occupants’ dependence on fossil fuels for heating and greatly reduce the threat of fuel poverty. I was delighted to welcome my new tenants today and look forward to following their adjustment to life in an entirely new type of house – one that effectively needs no heating.
More information: www.dormontestate.com
One Response to “Scottish homes built to Passivhaus standards near Lockerbie”
ecoadmin says:
The Scottish Government is urged to make more funding available for the Rural Homes for Rent grant mechanism, as landowners across Scotland are willing to follow the example of Jamie and others to build much needed affordable housing.