Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme: capital projects - March 2024

Blar Mohr ASHP Housing Development Project

Project Organisation:

The Highland Council

Technology type(s):

Air source heat pump heating systems

Location:

Fort William

Grant value:

£1,237,206

Predicted completion date:

Summer 2024

Project description:

The aim of the Blar Mohr ASHP Housing Development project is to install, commission, operate and demonstrate air source heat pump heating systems at 117 new-build social housing properties in Fort William. Low carbon heating and hot water will be supplied to these households, delivering lower energy bills and an estimated carbon emission reduction of 85.55 tonnes of CO₂ in the first year of operation compared to the use of LPG.

This project will provide a platform to demonstrate air source heat pump heating systems at a new-build social housing development in an off-gas grid location, acting as an exemplar for other housing providers who own and maintain similar stock.