Clyde Valley Development

The designs for these 5 new villas, located on a beautiful site on the banks of the river Clyde near Glasgow, have been developed to harness “solar gain” from the south, to assist the heating of the buildings by passive means. Passive solar houses are designed to let heat into the building during the winter months and block out the sun during hotter summer days. Each of the houses will have a chimney breast acting as a “mass wall”. In winter, the mass wall absorbs solar heat during its exposure to direct sunlight and radiates that heat back into the building during the cooler night. During the summer the process reverses, helping to keep the room's temperature cooler. Deep roof eaves on the south elevations serve to mitigate the absorption of the sun when it is high in the summer sky.

Wherever practical, natural, traditional or locally sourced materials will be used in the construction of the buildings. These include: re-using brick from the existing walled garden, natural slate on the roofs and reclaimed Scottish granite to be used in the driveways.

The Client is committed to the incorporation of solar panels on south facing roof sections of each of the new villas to further increase energy efficiency.

Planning Permission granted Feb 2010

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