{"id":34816,"date":"2022-11-08T16:04:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T16:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34816"},"modified":"2022-11-06T17:28:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T17:28:04","slug":"scotlands-older-buildings-have-vital-role-to-play-in-meeting-net-zero-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34816","title":{"rendered":"Scotland\u2019s older buildings have vital role to play in meeting net zero targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-25933\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Tenement_CommonsWikimedia_Thomas_Nugent_Dudley-Drive_Glasgow.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" \/>An architect involved in a project to transform a pre-1919 Glasgow tenement into an energy efficient building says the work may lead to a more \u2018streamlined approach\u2019 in policy to help Scotland achieve its net zero ambitions.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration only &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Dudley_Drive_-_geograph.org.uk_-_580164.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Nugent \/ Dudley Drive<\/a><\/em><em>, Commons Wikimedia<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 a standard developed by the PassivHaus Institut\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Project Scotland writes:<\/p>\n<p>Drew Carr, of John Gilbert Architects, is part of the team nearing completion of the retrofit of the eight-property tenement owned by Southside Housing Association on Glasgow\u2019s Niddrie Road.<\/p>\n<p>The work is expected to see residents have their heating bills reduced by 90%. The overall building will also be \u2018far superior\u2019 to standard new builds in terms of energy efficiency, Drew said.<\/p>\n<p>Achieved through the use of EnerPHit, which is a standard developed by the PassivHaus Institut and is the equivalent of PassivHaus for refurbishments, Drew described it as the \u2018pinnacle of retrofit\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The project involved the tenement being stripped entirely back so that work could be carried out to ensure maximum air tightness, as well as high levels of insulation installed in the interior and rear and gable walls \u2013 allowing for the sandstone frontage to be retained and protected.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/projectscot.com\/2022\/09\/older-buildings-could-have-vital-role-to-play-in-meeting-net-zero-targets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An architect involved in a project to transform a pre-1919 Glasgow tenement into an energy efficient building says the work may lead to a more \u2018streamlined approach\u2019 in policy to help Scotland achieve its net zero ambitions. image: for illustration &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34816\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34817,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34816\/revisions\/34817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}