Scottish Housing News
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Patrick Harvie MSP, minister for zero carbon buildings, active travel and tenants’ rights, visited a Glasgow community to see how Wheatley is helping tackle fuel poverty and cutting carbon emissions. Mr Harvie visited Hillpark Drive in Pollkshaws to meet tenants and staff of Wheatley Homes Glasgow and learn more about the low-carbon district heating system there.
The district heating scheme at Hillpark Drive, which opened in 2018, provides heating and hot water to 320 homes in the area through a network of underground and overground pipes almost 5km in length.
The system takes heat out of the air, using innovative Air Source Heat Pump technology prototyped and built in Glasgow and not used before on this scale elsewhere in the UK.
It saves around 1000 tonnes of carbon emissions a year and helps reduce fuel bills for people living there.
Mr Harvie said: “I was delighted to hear from residents at Hillpark about the positive impact district heating has in reducing fuel bills and improving homes – and all at the same time as tackling climate change. Scotland needs many more projects like this in the years ahead.”
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