Prospecthill Court, Greenock, managed by River Clyde Homes, won the Net Zero in Housing award at the recent CIH Scotland Housing Awards 2024.
design build facades’ reclad the 15 storey tower block using its proprietary insulated aluminium rainscreen system integrated with high-performance triple glazed windows to meet the CarbonLite Retrofit Standard, a rigorous voluntary retrofit standard based on Passivhaus principles of high-quality insulation, improved air tightness and mechanical ventilation.
River Clyde Homes is committed to prioritising carbon reduction and mitigating fuel poverty. The retrofit works at Prospecthill have been designed to reduce the previous energy demand from around 16,750 kWh a year per flat to around 2,680 kWh – a reduction of over 80% in space heating and operational carbon emissions. This will significantly improve the lives of the residents, both from a financial perspective and their health and well-being and contribute to the overall sustainability of the area. Additionally, it has considerably improved the look of the building, something important to residents.
Richard Orr, Head of Assets and Regeneration, River Clyde Homes, commented “We assessed the whole-life value of various products available through our supply chain, we opted for a solution which was far from the cheapest available, but which offered better quality and long-term return on investment. This will practically eradicate fuel poverty as an issue from within the tower block. Once all our retrofit measures have been applied, our calculations project that the annual carbon impact will be slashed from around three tonnes of carbon per flat to just five tonnes of carbon for the entire building. That’s an incredible 3,500% reduction in carbon!”
The £4m redevelopment included a £1.65 million grant from the Scottish Government Social Housing Net Zero Fund with the rest from River Clyde Homes’ capital funding.
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