East Cambusmoon Farm

East Cambusmoon Farm is situated on the outskirts of Gartocharn on an elevated 5 acre site. It is  a traditional linear arrangement of farm buildings with the farmhouse at one end and barns at the other. The project involved replacing the existing farmhouse building with a new house more suited to current living requirements. The driving concepts  were to develop a highly energy efficient contemporary  home which was simple in form,  following  the lines of a traditional linear design and to meet the requirements of the Loch Lomond and  Trossachs  National Park standards. The use of Siberian larch as external cladding to  the end of the house has the dual function of distinguishing the main living section of the house and  softening the form of the building helping  it to bed into the landscape.

The house uses 70% less energy than one built to current building regulations and achieves this by maximising solar gain in winter, spring and autumn whilst avoiding overheating in summer; by high levels of insulation throughout the entire building; by high levels of air-tightness with heat recovery ventilation  and by highly insulated, well sealed windows and doors.
The house also uses a ground source heat pump, which provides warmth to the lower level, allowing heat to permeate to upstairs. There are also solar panels, which supply around 20% of the required electricity.