ECO friendly houses - which could bring annual energy bills down to just £100 - are to be built in Glasgow.

ECO friendly houses - which could bring annual energy bills down to just £100 - are to be built in Glasgow.

The design includes solar technology, hi-tech thermostats to maintain an even temperature all-year round and a higher level of insulation.

The Glasgow Housing Association are behind the two-year pilot project which will see ten families living in different house types.

Tenants will have their energy usage monitored for a year in their current home, then move to a new build home where consumption is expected to be massively lower.

The current average annual heating and water costs for a GHA tenant in a three-bedroom house is £777.

GHA are working in partnership with PRP Architects Ltd to build ten properties in the south of the city for the pilot, due to start this summer.

The plan was revealed to Housing Minister Alex Neil at the Urban Regeneration forum in Edinburgh.

Mr Neil said: "The Scottish Government is committed to tackling fuel poverty, a reality that blights the lives of too many of our vulnerable citizens.

"This looks to be an interesting and innovative project from Glasgow Housing Association and I look forward to seeing how it develops going forward."

The tenants who volunteer for the study will spend the second year in new build one and two-bedroom flats and three and four-bedroom terraced homes.

Jim Sneddon, GHA's Executive Director of Regeneration said: "Fuel poverty is an issue which affects many of our tenants and is one which could escalate unless alternatives are found. Since 80% of our tenants are on some kind of benefit or another any savings we can make for them will dramatically improve their life."