Sustainability features of Slateford Green, Edinburgh

Sustainability features
The development is located 
close to prioritized bus routes. 
There is a car club which 
gives access to cars without
ownership, and 74% of 

residents have opted not
to own a car. 
There is good provision for pedestrian and cycle routes.
Energy efficient appliances are installed in the flats. 
Good use is made of recycled materials: 
for example, material made from recycled
newspaper provides superinsulation for flats. 
Apart from the aluminium roofs, all building materials are
low in embodied energy, are from recycled or sustainable
sources, and can themselves be recycled. 
Natural surveillance has been created through the
design of the development and there is virtually no crime.