News & Background Information

Scotland's Housing Expo 2010

Scotland's Housing Expo is the first event of its kind in Scotland. It showcases over 50 house designs of the future - which people from all backgrounds, ages and income brackets can afford. It aims to make good design and sustainable features commonplace in every home - just like the indoor WC that was such a revelation in the 1930s!

The Expo is based upon similar models found in mainland Europe, and particularly Finland where historically the housing fair concept has proven very successful in stimulating quality design and innovation for housing.

Aspiring to bring about a similar effect in the Highlands and throughout the UK, the Expo offers a model for future housing design and development. The homes on view will be available to purchase, with a proportion being affordable housing.

Future Legislation

In January 2008, the European Parliament called on the Commission to propose a binding requirement that all new buildings needing to be heated and/or cooled are constructed to Passive House or equivalent non-residential standards from 2020.

News items

 Intersting news report on the BBC webpage: "Climate change debate heating up"

The SPHC was in the centre of an interview with the international German radio broadcast 'Deutsche Welle'.