Zero-carbon COP26 House Glasgow, Broomielaw Beyond Zero Homes Building, Scottish Eco Architecture 2021
Zero-carbon COP26 House Glasgow
29 Oct 2021
Location: Broomielaw, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Zero-carbon COP26 House opens its doors to the public
Public invited to Beyond Zero Homes building to see how a zero carbon, circular design can be achieved with materials and skills readily available today.

Zero-carbon COP26 House in Glasgow
COP26 House, which demonstrates how beautiful, affordable homes can help meet global climate change ambitions, will open its doors to the public for two weeks only from Monday, 1 November.
Built by Glasgow-based regeneration specialists Urban Union for the UN Climate Change Conference, the zero-carbon timber-frame building was developed by Beyond Zero Homes. Created and led by Peter Smith of Roderick James Architects, Beyond Zero Homes is a collaborative group of over 20 organisations from across the home building sector who want to show the world how affordable and desirable homes can be constructed with minimal impact on the environment, using standard materials and skills available today. As well as having a reduced reliance on concrete and steel, the COP26 House has been built mainly using locally-sourced home-grown timber provided by the BSW Group, the UK?s largest integrated forestry business, and natural materials provided by the different organisations that make up Beyond Zero Homes.
It has been designed to store more carbon than is produc...