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Edinburgh Home Demonstrator: affordable net zero homes

The Edinburgh Home Demonstrator set out to develop and test a new business model for delivering affordable net zero homes. It combined:

The aim was to transform the productivity and performance of affordable housing and move towards homes built to net zero carbon standards.

The Granton project

The first project, at Granton in Edinburgh, was planned to deliver around 75 homes with zero-emissions heating and modern methods of construction. It was designed to check the net zero approach through post-occupancy monitoring and to pilot a community carbon strategy. See also what Scotland's 2045 net zero target means for construction.