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…
Category: Energy efficiency
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…
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…
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,…
More than 1,000 capital homes to benefit from energy efficiency upgrades
MORE than 1,000 homes in Edinburgh are to benefit from energy efficiency improvements, it has been announced. The likes of external insulation – along with…
Energy efficiency measures broadly approved by homeowners
PEOPLE broadly accept the need to adopt energy efficiency measures in their homes, and are willing to act on it – according to a survey…
Passivhaus standard being proposed by legislative move
LEGISLATION is being proposed to demand that new-build houses in Scotland are constructed to the energy efficiency standard known as Passivhaus (defined, here). A proposed…
Go-ahead for ‘passivhaus’ school
PLANNING permission has been granted for what is understood to be Scotland’s first High School designed to the energy-efficiency principles known as ‘Passivhaus’. Members of…
Strategy announced to tackle ‘fuel poverty’
A 20-YEAR strategy has been unveiled, to make homes more energy efficient and warmer – in a bid to tackle so-called ‘fuel proverty’. ‘Fuel property’…
Funding boost for home energy efficiency programme
A FUNDING programme to help households improve the energy efficiency of their homes is to receive an £18m boost. The increase brings the Scottish Government…