The latest Scottish House Condition Survey has again demonstrated the urgent need for a significant increase in funding for home energy efficiency, the Existing Homes Alliance has argued today. The figures [1] show that nearly 750,000 households are still in fuel poverty, almost one home in three, with 200,000 households in extreme fuel poverty. The … [Continue Reading]
Business leaders call for ‘clear direction of travel’ on energy efficiency and heat
In a public letter to Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work, business leaders in the energy efficiency and heat markets say “with policy certainty about the government’s ambitions for tackling fuel poverty and climate change we hope to be able to grow our businesses, supporting Scotland’s wider economic ambitions.” Read … [Continue Reading]
Independent Fuel Poverty Reports must spur increased action to drive down fuel poverty
The Existing Homes Alliance Scotland is calling on the Scottish Government to accept as a matter of urgency a new expert recommendation that it eliminates poor building energy efficiency as a driver of fuel poverty. The call follows the publication of two substantial reports by working groups on the topic of fuel poverty ahead of … [Continue Reading]
Winter deaths figures show the unacceptable costs of not upgrading Scotland’s homes
Figures published by the Scottish Government on ‘additional winter deaths’ on 18 October 2016 show that this country’s cold and draughty housing stock must be upgraded as a matter of urgency to tackle fuel poverty and protect the ill and vulnerable, the Existing Homes Alliance argued. See full press release winter-deaths_exha_pr_oct16
ECONOMISTS CALL FOR ’SHOT IN THE ARM’ TO BOOST WARM HOMES
Leading economists back calls for greater investment in energy efficiency in Scotland, calling it one of the best ways to drive up economic activity and tackle cold homes. EXHA_Economists_stimulus_Sept2016
