______ Project Overview

North Gate is a landmark residential building that was constructed on a vacant brownfield marking the culmination of 30 years of the Crown Street Regeneration in the Gorbals area of Glasgow.

Located on the corner of Crown Street just off Laurieston Road, North Gate saw the construction of  31 flatted dwellings, consisting of one and two bedroom flats across 7 storeys.

The flats for social rent were conceived within a uniquely-designed block reaching up to 7 storeys and designed to appear as a series of ‘towers’ that act as a gateway to the south.

______ Our Scope

Carbon Futures performed the role of Energy Consultant by providing Building Regulation Compliance through provision of Energy Design Analysis,  Approved Certifier of Design for Section 6 (Energy), SAP Calculations and Energy Performance Certificates.

Due to the steel frame construction, we produced bespoke Psi-value Calculations on all key building junctions for use within the SAP Calculations, ensuring thermal bridging performance was accurately assessed.

______ Details

North Gate is designed to meet Glasgow City Council’s Gold Hybrid criteria under their SG5 Resource Management planning policy. This required the project to achieve compliance with Aspect Gold Level 1 (Carbon Dioxide Emissions) and Aspect Silver Level 2-8 under Section 7 (Sustainability) of the Building Standards, needing the Dwelling Emission Rate to be 27% lower than the Target Emissions Rate set by the 2015 Building Standards.

This also required Space Heating Demand to be ≤ 30 kWh/m² and 5% of the dwellings annual energy demand for water heating to be provided by heat recovery and/or renewable sources with little or no associated fuel cost.

Additional sustainability features include enhanced water use efficiency such as low flush toilets and restricted flow rates taps and showers, together with home office spaces, enhanced noise separation, enhanced natural lighting and dedicated internal space for storing domestic recycling.

The overall fabric performance was enhanced to reduce Space Heating Demand with ground floors achieving a U-value of 0.08 W/m²K, external walls achieving 0.15 W/m²K, roofs achieving 0.08 W/m²K, windows achieving 0.84-1.22 W/m²K and flat entrance doors achieving 1.01 W/m²K.

The flats were heating by high efficiency gas combi boilers with Flue Gas Heat Recovery and were ventilated by Mechanical Extract Ventilation (MEV). The building was also fitted with 72 photovoltaic panels, generating 23,854 kWh/year.

______ Awards

2024 RIBA National Award Winner: Social Housing
2024 RIAS Award Winner: ‘Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland’
2023 Scottish Design Awards Gold Award Winner: Architecture: Affordable Housing
2023 Saltire Housing Design Award Winner: Multiple Public Dwelling
2023 Glasgow Institute of Architects Award Winner: Large Residential

______ Project Partners

CCG Scotland, New Gorbals Housing Association, Page\Park Architects