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North Lanarkshire Council has welcomed the completion of a new sustainable housing development in Airdrie.
The region's first Net Zero housing development provides eleven new homes, built by contractor CCG (Scotland), reaffirm's the council's commitment to building a greener future for families and communities.
Key features include enhanced insulation, triple glazed windows, air source heat pumps which control heating and store hot water and additional PV solar panels which feed into a battery allowing the storage of energy. These batteries can also take advantage of variable energy tariffs, topping up during cheaper off-peak periods allowing the storage of energy which can be used when the tenant needs it.
The net zero homes, which form part of our largest council house project at the Dykehead Road site in Airdrie, will now be allocated to tenants.
This is the first phase of homes for this re-provisioning site where towers were demolished and are being replaced by 150 new, modern homes. The eleven homes comprise 2 semi-detached houses (2 bedrooms); 2 semi-detached houses (3 bedrooms); 2 cottage flats (2 bedrooms); 4 terraced houses (2 bedrooms) and 1 terraced house (3 bedrooms).
Housing Convener, Councillor Heather Brannan-McVey, said: "I'm delighted to see our first net zero homes available for tenants here in North Lanarkshire. These homes reaffirm our commitment to embracing and investing in new technology that improves energy efficiency and comforts for our tenants, reduces emissions and consumption while minimising fuel poverty.
"We've all seen the impact of climate change caused by human activity and greenhouse gases and in response to the climate emergency the council set a net zero target for 2030. We're taking steps towards this by aligning our housebuilding strategy with construction methods and technology, ensuring we can meet these ambitious emissions targets as well as sustaining housing demand.
"We are committed to transforming towns and communities and delivering on our plans for the future of North Lanarkshire to make it a better place for people to live in, and our council house programme is vital to that ambition."
