Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme: quarterly report September 2025

Zero Carbon Affordable Homes

Project Organisation:

LAR Housing Trust

Technology type(s):

Shared-ground loop heat pumps and thermal storage

Location:

Fountainbridge, Edinburgh

Grant value:

£128,283

Completion date:

April 2024

Project description:

The project installed a shared group loop array heating system with ground source heat pumps and high efficiency heat batteries to serve 14 properties (10 affordable flats and 4 houses) in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. The 10 flats included in the project are being made available for mid-market rent.

The project is predicted to produce carbon savings of 47,560 kg CO₂e when compared to business-as-usual scenarios.