Faifley Housing Association and their partnering team, won The Scottish Housing & Environmental Award 2002 for this new Housing Development.
 
The design incorporates large areas of south-facing glass to ensure the benefits of solar gain, increased insulation of the structural frames and specification of sustainable materials.

Faifley Housing Association and their partnering team, won The Scottish Housing & Environmental Award 2002 for this new Housing Development.
 
The design incorporates large areas of south-facing glass to ensure the benefits of solar gain, increased insulation of the structural frames and specification of sustainable materials.
 
The innovative part is at roof level, where dormer windows maximise sunlight into the loft to heat the air within, which is then pumped into the house by an automatic fan. Open plan design allows this naturally conditioned air to permeate throughout the house absorbing water vapour without the risk of condensation. This air is then removed from the house by the 'positive pressure' created by the fan system. Another benefit of the 'positive pressure' design is that extract fans are not required in bathrooms and kitchens.
 
Two houses have variations on this theme. The first makes use of warm air, which occurs between the concrete roof tiles and roof sarking, to augment the solar gain system, and the second has roof-mounted solar panels producing domestic hot water.
 
The final innovation is the ability to make the houses allergy free. This is possible because the air in the house is continually filtered and conditioned. The resident simply has to steam clean all bed linen and other furnishings to create a low allergy home.