In 2025 we published our Development Specification (v.10) to ensure that our contractors, architects, consultants and project leads are all working to the same principles, sustainability goals and our organisational objectives.
We have been demonstrating our commitment to community, sustainability and quality in construction through our development profile since long before 2025 though.
Lennox Road in Cumbernauld is one example. We replaced a derelict office building with 44 flats, providing much-needed family homes at affordable rents. The flats have timber frames built using sustainably sourced materials and under zero waste manufacturing conditions.
By taking a sustainable approach from the outset, the flats have not only low embodied emissions, but also low operational emissions. By installing zero-emissions exhaust air-source heat pumps into flats. along with high-performance windows, sustainably sources doors and enhanced airtightness – we have created homes that will save residents money and energy on a day-by-day basis long into the future.
Sustainability at Lennox Road is not just about carbon emissions either. The site’s biodiversity has been enhanced by the landscape design, which increases the amount of community green space available to residents. Each flat also has an EV charger installed as well as access to secure cycle storage, to encourage sustainable travel.
[Footnotes]:
- Embodied emissions: the greenhouse gases released to manufacture the materials used to build, plus those released during construction itself.
- Operational emissions: the gases released by a property being used: mostly by heating and power.