Fuel poverty in Scotland
Extreme fuel poverty, costing more than a fifth of disposable income, affected 91,000 Scots households in tenement flats, or 16% of the total. Older homes have the most fuel poverty.
Retofitting these hard to heat homes with a radical fabric first approach will drastically help the situation for those tenants.
The energy-efficient rebuild of Warksburn Old Church has created one of the most efficient buildings in the UK. This heritage building from 1875 was sensitively updated a with cutting edge low carbon technology and is now generating more energy than it consumes every year. It is the first church conversion in the world to create a home which meets the ultra-demanding Passivhaus standard for energy efficiency.
107 Niddrie Road is a pre-1919 red sandstone tenement in Glasgow, consisting of eight one-bedroom flats. Southside Housing Association commissioned the retrofit of this building to the EnerPHit methodology, featuring ultra high levels of insulation and airtightness combined with new heating and MVHR.
This private retrofit of a detached dwelling in Renfrewshire has great significance for the end-users. Michael has a severe degenerative lung disease and he hoped that a Passive House MVHR system would ease his condition. What he found after installing the system exceeded his expectations.
Passivhaus deemed to satisfy UK NZCBS The Passivhaus standard is now deemed to satisfy certain aspects of the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (UK…
Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show Glasgow PAUL Heat Recovery is exhibiting at the SEC in Glasgow on the 9th and 10th May 2026. Please visit…
Big Magic Installer Training May 2026 PAUL Heat Recovery hosts a product training event for the Big Magic MVHR system on Thursday 7th May 2026…
Launch of the UK Zehnder Academy As Approved Zehnder Partner we were invited for the official launch of the UK Zehnder Academy in Camberley on…
Old meets new at Warksburn Old Church, a historic building getting a new lease of life as a Passivhaus holiday destination.
These Victorian tenement flats were upgraded to Passive House levels. The MVHR installation proved a challenge.
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PAUL Heat Recovery has accompanied Scottish Passive House projects from the start. Look at some of the amazing projects.
We were involved in a number of exciting research projects of Scottish Universities and other experimental projects that took us from Scotland to Dubai.
