Housebuilder Article
The Sigma Home learning has demonstrated the need to focus on energy saving measures through the improved fabric design of buildings. Approximately 40% of the carbon saving was generated from the prototype closed panel timber frame system which was supplied and erected by Stewart Milne Timber Systems. The home has undergone a significant programme of air tightness testing and is currently undergoing a co-heating test that will assess the actual heat loss through the fabric, the results of which are already shaping the development of our future closed panel system, and a second evolution solution has already been identified. This solution responds to the difficulties in achieving air tightness by designing in "locking joints" and designing out the potential for thermal bridging. The second evolution system is simpler, more economic and effective to build; early indications show this system will produce savings of 10-12% over its predecessor. Other initiatives on the horizon will be the creation of the “Sigma Village” within the next 18-24 months and securing development sites in England; this maintains our position as industry leaders in the construction of environmentally sound, commercially viable housing. Already Stewart Milne Timber Systems have received interest from like-minded developers keen to work in true supply chain partnership for low, zero carbon sites, they are targeting and developing cost effective, sustainable and deliverable solutions for 2-3 years down the pipeline. |
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Stewart Milne Group Scoops Top Innovation Award
Premium developer, Stewart Milne Timber Systems, has scooped the award for Sustainability Innovation at the 2010 Inside Housing Sustainable Housing Awards for its new Sigma II build system.
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Stewart Milne Construction scoops two top contracts
Stewart Milne Construction has secured two contracts totalling £7 million from Moray Council and the University of Abertay, Dundee. The company will build a new campus HQ for Moray Council to replace a network of satellite offices in the Elgin area.
June 2010
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SMG scoops four awards in one afternoon
One of the UK’s leading independent housebuilding, construction and development companies, Stewart Milne Group, was celebrating this weekend after scooping four individual industry awards in just one day. Between the prestigious Homes for Scotland Quality Awards and the NHBC Health and Safety Awards, both held on Friday 21 May, the Stewart Milne Group took home four awards in recognition of its Homes, Construction and Timber Systems divisions.
May 2010
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Consortium seek to fine tune the thermostat for sustainability
AIMC4, a unique consortium formed to research and deliver the volume production of pioneering new low carbon homes, is in a race to find suppliers with innovative solutions in the heating and hot water sectors.
May 2010
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Stewart Milne Group announces £2m loss and a strong start to 2010
Stewart Milne Group, one of Scotland’s largest house builders, has reported a turnover of £276m and a net loss before tax and exceptionals of £2m for the year to June 2009 and, within the context of recent trading conditions, is a robust response to a difficult marketplace.
10 February 2010