Acknowledgements
The Sustainable Housing Design Guide was commissioned by Scottish Homes and written by Fionn Stevenson and Nick Williams and illustrated by Julie Macrae
The authors would like to acknowledge the assistance given by the following in the production of this Design Guide.
Steering Group
| Name | Organisation |
| Neil Ferguson | Scottish Homes |
| Misia Jack | Scottish Federation of Housing Associations |
| Liz McLean | East Lothian Council |
| James Shirazi | Scottish Homes |
| Ian Walker | Scottish Homes |
SFHA Reading Group
| Name | Organisation |
| Gordon Barbour | Blairtummock Housing Association |
| Fiona Birse | West of Scotland Housing Association |
| Edward Coles | Blue Triangle (Glasgow) Housing Association |
| Martin Crombie | Gowrie Housing Association |
| Claire Fenwick | Barony Housing Association |
| Paul Gallagher | Trafalgar Housing Co-operative |
| Shona Gronbach | East Lothian Housing Association |
| Caryn Innes | Castle Rock Housing Association |
| John McDowall | Link Housing Association |
| David Scobie | Hanover Housing Association |
| Name | Organisation |
| Carol Bisset | Castlehill Housing Association |
| Fiona Murray | Castlehill Housing Association |
| John Gilbert | John Gilbert Architects |
| Genevieve Jones | The Robert Gordon University |
Produced by the Stationery Office, Edinburgh on behalf of Scottish Homes.
Acronyms
| Acronym/Abbreviation | Definition of Acronym |
| AECB | Association for Environment Conscious Building |
| BRE | Building Research Establishment |
| BRECSU | Building Research Establishment Central Support Unit |
| BREDEM | Building Research Establishment Domestic Energy Model |
| BREEAM | Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method |
| CAT | Centre for Alternative Technology |
| CHP | combined heat and power |
| DETR | Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions |
| DH | district heating |
| DoE | Department of the Environment |
| DPH | dwellings per hectare |
| EMF | electromagnetic field |
| ETSU | Energy Technology Support Unit |
| HRH | habitable rooms per hectare |
| HDRA | Henry Doubleday Research Association |
| HMSO | Her Majesty’s Stationery Office |
| LCA | life cycle analysis |
| LCC | life cycle costing |
| LPA | local planning authority |
| NHBC | National House Building Council |
| NHER | National Home Energy Rating |
| NPPG | National Planning Policy Guideline |
| PAN | Planning Advice Note |
| PSV | passive stack ventilation |
| RCEP | Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution |
| RICS | Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors |
| RSL | Registered Social Landlord |
| SAP | Standard Assessment Procedure |
| SEPA | Scottish Environmental Protection Agency |
| SFHA | Scottish Federation of Housing Associations |
| uPVC | unplasticized polyvinyl chloride |
| VOC | volatile organic compound |