Reaching seven storeys, the development consists of 42 one, two and three-bedroom apartments located along the banks of the River Clyde in Yoker, Glasgow, that were delivered on behalf of Sanctuary Housing, a member of the Sanctuary Group.
It receives the title of Scotland’s tallest timber thanks to its hugely innovative superstructure which has been constructed in its entirety with Cross Laminated Timber (CLT), the first of its kind in the mainstream housing delivery in the country.
The use of CLT can be attributed to the Main Contractor, CCG (Scotland), who alongside Edinburgh Napier University, wanted to assess the applied use of the material in construction with the focus of understanding its efficiencies in construction and environmental performance with a view to future use in the delivery of flatted housing developments.
CLT is a highly sustainable material and it was this trend that encouraged the addition of solar PV panels with the contractor and client (Sanctuary Housing) seeking to have an examplar for energy performance in new build housing.
The solar PV system that was installed includes:
The building restricted the types of systems that could be used as the architect instructed that roof penetration was not permitted due to the use of CLT; Arc-Tech opted to use Renusol’s FS10-S ballast mounting system as a solution to account for panel specification and wind and snow load-bearing calculations.
The results of the assessment meant that a detailed plan of weights was used to hold the system onto the roof without penetrating or compromising the roof’s membrane whilst reducing the risk of being blown off of the roof or being damaged by additional weight (snow).
Client:
Sanctuary Housing