Leitch Street Sustainable Housing JGA

Client: Cloch Housing Association Ltd
Contract value: £6,400,000

87 new houses, incorporating two special needs units, laid out in small terraces to maximise solar gain. Combined heat and power (CHP) plant provides electricity, heating and hot water to all houses, minimising CO2 emissions. Roads and footpaths designed to Homezone principles over an innovative sustainable drainage system (SUDS). Acoustic walls address the proximity of the adjacent railway line.

Project Architect: Paul Barham  JGA whilst at John Gilbert Architects