A showcase for Scotland's "homes of the future", harnessing nature and fit for the effects of climate change, will be created within one of Europe's largest regeneration sites.
Following a successful pilot south of the border, which included a house built by Channel 4's Grand Designs team, the Building Research Establishment (BRE) will establish a Scottish innovation park on the site of the former Ravenscraig Steelworks in North Lanarkshire.
Houses built on the five-acre site would be expected to develop technologies such as wind turbines, rainwater harvesting, heat recovery systems, and recycled waste timber.
BRE Scotland, which conducts research to inform both the construction industry and government policy, has invited the trade to submit proposals for four demonstrator homes to be built at the Ravenscraig site.
More than £2m of new investment will be channelled into the scheme.
Work is already under way on the £200m first phase of Ravenscraig, with a £30m regional sports facility, a £70m campus for Motherwell College, and 850 new houses.
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