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    Category: Energy efficiency

    Views sought on the efficacy of Energy Performance Certificates

    CONCERN about the quality of information given to prospective property owners – regarding the energy performance of a building – is behind a consultation exercise…

    admin July 25, 2023

    New ‘decarbonising’ fund launched for ‘public’ buildings

    A NEW funding scheme has been launched, offering up to £20 million in grants to support local authorities, universities and what is being described as…

    admin July 10, 2023

    Crofters invited to apply for energy efficiency grants

    CROFTERS are being invited to apply for Scottish Government-funded grants, to help improve the energy efficiency of their properties. Says the government, of its Croft…

    admin July 5, 2023

    So, what type of insulation?

    Question: THERE are a huge number of options out there, so where does one begin to compare different types of insulation, not least a form…

    admin May 23, 2023

    Guidance issued on spray foam insulation

    THE roofing insulation, spray foam, is the subject of a just-published guide, produced by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Says RICS here: “[We…

    admin March 4, 2023
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    Second Edinburgh high school aiming for Passivhaus standards

    WORK is expected to begin in May on a second Edinburgh school built to the energy-efficiency standard, Passivhaus. Hard on the heels of a school…

    admin March 2, 2023

    Warmer homes project benefits almost 2,500 properties in Glasgow

    ALMOST 2,500 homes in the more deprived parts of Glasgow have had energy-efficiency measures (mainly external wall insulation) fitted to them, during the last financial…

    admin January 25, 2023

    Capital homes benefitting from external insulation

    SOME 50 homes – from a target 166 – have had external insulation fitted to them, in the Oxgangs area of Edinburgh, to make them…

    admin January 13, 2023

    Energy efficiency improvements set for among Glasgow’s most deprived households

    HOMES in some of Glasgow’s most deprived districts are to benefit from energy efficiency improvements, following the announcement of a near £6.5m grant. The Scottish…

    admin November 3, 2022

    New organisation seeks to ‘scale up’ energy efficiency

    A NEW organisation has been launched to help ‘scale up’, among other things, energy-efficiency measures in buildings. Begins a Scottish Government announcement on the initiative,…

    admin October 27, 2022
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