Linking Sustainable Housing and Regeneration
28th February 2008
This event focused on how sustainable housing development can be part of wider regeneration activities. It brought together a wide range of people involved in housing and regeneration in Scotland.
“Participants were from a range of backgrounds and contributed different viewpoints as to the nature of problems and their solutions” (Participant)
Presentations
• Masterclass – Integrating Sustainable Housing and Regeneration
Professor Sue Roaf, Professor of Architectural Engineering, Heriot Watt University
• Workshop – Mainstreaming Sustainability: Reality or Myth?
Grant Ager, Director of Fairfield Housing Co-operative
• Workshop – Design: Turning Policy into Reality
Sebastian Tombs, Architecture and Design Scotland
• Workshop – Sustainability: Good Practice and Promotion
David Stewart, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
• Workshop – Using Sustainable Housing as a Catalyst for Regeneration
Trevor Walker, Northumberland Council
• Workshop – Sustainable Value in Crown Street
James Hulme, Princes Foundation for the Built Environment
Find out more about this topic
Sustainable housing standards • The Sustainable Housing Design Guide for Scotland 2007 sets out guidelines for building new homes, as well as advice on how to make existing homes more environmentally friendly. |
Links between housing and regeneration • The Scottish Government’s Firm Foundations discussion document on the future of housing in Scotland clearly sets out the links between housing and regeneration. • Find out more about the historical context of housing and community regeneration in our Perspective Paper. |
Good practice examples • The Sustainable Development Commission has many good practice case studies on sustainable housing and development. • The Dundee Sun City project aims to make Dundee the green energy capital of Scotland. |
Useful websites • Architecture and Design Scotland is the national champion for good architecture, design and planning. • The Princes Foundation for the Built Environment aims to improve people’s lives by promoting ecological planning, design and building. • The Commission of Architecture and the Built Environment works to improve quality of life through good design. It includes links to useful case studies and publications. • Sust.org is a useful site with information on sustainable design in architecture and the built environment. |
Wider links Sustainability isn’t just about environmentally friendly design. To create sustainable communities we also need to think about how housing and physical design link with wider issues – like employment, community development, education, training, social mix, and so on... Find out more about how to develop mixed and sustainable communities. |
A background reading list is also available.
