An innovative tenement retrofit project in the southside of Glasgow from John Gilbert Architects has been shortlisted for a prestigious sustainability award.

The Alliance for Sustainable Building Products is a non-profit organisation that has member companies that collaborate on a common goal of increasing the quality, health and sustainability of the built environment through the identification, development and specification of better products and systems.

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Their 5th annual awards will be held in February 2023 and a development that has been shortlisted in the Project category is Niddrie Road. Located in the southside of Glasgow, the project involved the retrofit of eight properties within an end-terrace of a traditional tenement to an advanced standard of thermal performance through a combination of fabric enhancement and low-carbon heating systems.

The 2022 GIA Award-winning project was undertaken as a pilot with support from Glasgow City Council and the Scottish Funding Council and is now managed by Southside Housing Association. Each property will now be monitored for a 1-year duration in order to monitor the occupant’s energy use with the aim of utilising data to support the future upgrade of the 74,000 tenement properties.