Riverside Dalmarnock is a development of 550 homes for social rent, mid-market rent, shared equity and sale. Located in Glasgow’s East End, this high-profile project was constructed by McTaggart Construction for Link Group and Laurel Homes.

Designed by Hypostyle Architects, the mixed tenure development consists of two, three and four-bedroom houses, four-bedroom wheelchair houses, two-bedroom cottage flats, three-bedroom maisonettes and one and two-bedroom flats.

To date, 450 homes have been handed over, with construction of Phase 4 beginning in February 2026.

Carbon Futures worked with the design team to develop a cost-effective and practical energy and sustainability strategy for the development. This required in-depth discussion with the key stakeholders and detailed analysis of communal heating versus gas combi boilers, to determine the most practical solution for the provision of space heating and domestic hot water.

Additional services included Building Regulation Compliance through the provision of Energy Design Analysis reports, Approved Certifier of Design (Energy), SAP Calculations, Thermal Bridge Calculations, Energy Performance Certificates & Sustainability Labels at completion.

The development was designed to achieve Silver Active Level, as defined within Section 7 (Sustainability) of the 2016 Scottish Domestic Technical Handbooks, as well as a 15% carbon emissions abatement using low and zero carbon generating technologies (LZCGT).

The carbon emissions target was achieved by using enhanced fabric performance, individual and communal heating systems, wastewater heat recovery systems (WWHRS), a mixture of decentralised and centralised mechanical extract ventilation and centralised mechanical extract ventilation (MEV) and solar PV. 

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Link Group
Laurel Homes
McTaggart Construction
Hypostyle Architects
G3 Consulting Engineers