SMART GARAGE HUB
A comprehensive range of smart garaging solutions from Scotts Timber Engineering.
Move Towards Net Zero & Future Homes Standard
Developers are at the forefront of the drive to deliver the Net Zero dream in the housing environment, with any number of regulations already in place, and more to be included in the planned new Future Homes Standard.
As a key supplier to the housebuilding sector, Scotts Timber Engineering’s new SMART GARAGE HUB offers straightforward solutions that help developers of all sizes take steps towards meeting carbon reduction targets and other Net Zero requirements as well as increasingly prevalent planning limitations on the number of parking spaces per new home.
That could be through the use of timber frame construction for the garaging elements of a traditional build, reducing WLC costs, or through the incorporation of PV panels, battery storage and EV chargers in your garaging or car port plans.
Scotts Timber Engineering has long provided developers with carports, timber frame options and full scale car barns alongside well as trusses, joists, panels and porches. With the SMART GARAGE HUB, we’ve enhanced this with renewable energy integrations to tick more of your boxes!
Our SMART GARAGE HUB offers Scotts customers an innovative, simple and effective approach to reducing both the carbon footprint and the cost of developments while meeting growing buyer demand for cheaper home energy and car charging costs.
SMART GARAGE HUB SUMMARY
How Does the Scotts SMART GARAGE HUB Work?
When you get in touch, our team will take you through the options that best suit your ambitions for your project. Our experienced Design team will then cost the timberwork while our partner will cost renewable needs. Your SMART GARAGE HUB pricing incorporates both for simplicity.
When the project is approved, we will plan design and production timescales according to needs, co-ordinating with our partners who will work with you to on any electrical infrastructure plans required to deliver the end product.
First, select the garage styles for your development:
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CARPORTS
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TIMBER FRAME
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CAR BARNS
Then add integrated features to suit buyer demand for lower home energy costs and meet your carbon reduction targets.
PV PANELS
Designed to suit roof aspect and pitch as well as charging capacity relative to the size of the property.
BATTERY STORAGE
Relative to PV panel capacity and linked to main property installation.
EV CHARGING
Appropriate to the scale of property.
A SMART GARAGE
Garage solutions that do more than house a car, they also charge the car and provide addition power to your buyer’s home.
CARPORTS
Open fronted timber carports are becoming increasing popular as a fast-built lower cost alternative to a closed garage. Have you considered that they can easily accommodate PV panels, battery storage and EV charge points to attract buyers looking for savings on home energy and convenient at-home car charging?
Larger carports shared between two properties or more with careful infrastructure planning, can also benefit from the range of Scotts SMART GARAGE HUB solutions.
All this as carports are becoming a popular solution to current planning restrictions on the number of garages and cars per house on new developments.
Carports are also extremely quick to manufacture and install, reducing your build time considerably – and as an added bonus, Scotts can also arrange hassle-free installation!
Talk to our team about carport solutions that go beyond somewhere to simply park a car.
To discuss how carports with integrated renewable energy through the Scotts SMART GARAGE HUB could support your WLC ambitions whilst attracting more house buyers, just get in touch on 01832 732366 or email thrapston@scottste.co.uk.
TIMBER FRAME GARAGES
Timber frame garages are fast to build and just as capable of incorporating PV, battery storage and EV charging as traditional brick garages, and the Scotts SMART GARAGE HUB can deliver both.
The timber frame construction methods also offer added environmental and programme benefits:
- Lower carbon: Using the Future Homes Hub carbon calculator, they can save around 7,000 kgCO₂e per garage means significantly lower embodied carbon- a small change that makes a real difference as the Future Homes Standards approach.
- Fast to build: Made off-site and assembled quickly on delivery, timber frame garages reduce site time, accelerating build programmes.
- Less waste and better efficiency: Timber Frame is precision made in a factory so there’s less material waste and more consistent quality.
- Sustainability: Using responsibly sourced timber demonstrates a commitment to lower carbon construction and goals.
With PV panels, batter storage and EV charging designed in, choosing timber framed garaging from our SMART GARAGE HUB is a sensible way to offer your housebuyers lower home energy and car charging costs.
CAR BARNS
Our beautiful, traditionally-built car barns, chosen for the most upmarket developments and one-off builds, are brought right up to date with the addition of sympathetically designed in-roof PV panels, battery storage and EV charging.
These integrated technologies, offered through our SMART GARAGE HUB, enhance the value of these buildings by becoming a core part of a luxury home’s energy infrastructure.
Timber offers natural insulation so keeps any stored vehicles dry and free from condensation, and the timber cladding we use is vacuum pressure impregnated to promote a long maintenance-free life of at least 25 years.
Timber car barns are increasing in popularity among luxury housing developers as they have an aesthetic, high value appeal.
- We can manufacture to any size for a wide variety of design possibilities.
- The timber cladding is vacuum pressure impregnated to promote a long maintenance-free life of at least 25 years.
- Increasing in popularity among luxury housing developers as they have an aesthetic, high value appeal.
PV PANELS
Positioning PV panels on garage roofing can provide an aesthetically better looking solution than on the main roofs, or can solve issues around optimising efficiency. And if you’re looking to move towards the forthcoming Future Homes Standard requirements, garaging PV will help you achieve your objectives. And with 25-30 year warranties on modern panels, it’s an investment the homeowner will see real benefits from.
Our team’s experience will design a bespoke PV solution to your needs, maximising roof space and harnessing the sun to lower the electricity bills your housebuyers will pay as well as their carbon footprint.
BATTERY STORAGE
Battery storage options are improving all the time, and energy generated by PV panels on your site’s garaging can be stored for use in each property – to power EV charging as well as reducing homebuyers’ overall energy bills.
Specific battery solutions will be bespoke to your needs and sized to your PV installation.
The battery market is advancing rapidly with constant investment from manufacturers to continue improving the solutions. As a result, battery storage is much more competitive, and offers systems that are fully integrated with mobile & tablet.
EV CHARGING
t’s hard to imagine new developments without EV charging now.
With the Scotts SMART GARAGE HUB, we can design solutions not just for traditional garages, but for the full range, from shared carports to luxury car barns.
OUR SMART GARAGE HUB PARTNERS
We work seamlessly with our partners to ensure garaging is designed to accommodate additional loading from the PV panels as well as battery storage and EV charging points where appropriate.
Scotts Timber Engineering works with long-term trusted partners, The Bowller Group, to offer a one stop shop for renewable energy solutions for all kinds of garaging, designed, supplied and where appropriate installed, to include PV panels, battery storage and EV charging points.
Over 40 years, The Bowller Group has built a broad portfolio of clients and offers a turnkey solution for developers wanting to incorporate renewable energy solutions in their builds.
In an ever changing landscape, we chose Bowller as a partner who has demonstrated a commitment to providing the best available quality at all times, supported by a strong service ethos that aligns well to our own.
As a result, our SMART GARAGE HUB offers Scotts customers the best PV panel options, battery storage solutions, and integrated EV charging packages, from design to installation. Our clients also benefit from a 2-year installer warranty coupled to product warranties, providing your house buyers with increased confidence and peace of mind.
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