DEVELOPERS building houses on the former Ravenscraig steelworks site will have to comply with the most eco-friendly guidelines anywhere in Scotland.
DEVELOPERS building houses on the former Ravenscraig steelworks site will have to comply with the most eco-friendly guidelines anywhere in Scotland.
More than 3500 homes will be built on the 1100-acre North Lanarkshire site, formerly one of the most polluted industrial areas in the country.
But the company behind the regeneration of the site, near Motherwell, is insisting all the homes have a high "green" rating.
Ravenscraig Ltd says it's the first company in Scotland to insist on such rigorous environmental standards.
Developers will be asked to:
- Provide facilities to recycle or compost at least 25% of household waste - rising to 35% by 2010
- Install combined heat and power boilers, preferably fuelled by renewable energy sources
- Provide on-site renewable energy-generation facilities capable of reducing carbon emissions by at least 10%
- Install water-saving devices in every house; lProvide rainwater collecting facilities in gardens
- Only use timber from the Forest Stewardship Council and temperate sources.
Jim Fitzsimons, director of Ravenscraig Ltd, said: "We're throwing down a challenge to the housebuilding industry."
