To meet Scotland’s climate change targets, emissions from all sectors of the economy will need to be reduced. This includes emissions from homes, which today account for 25% of Scotland’s CO2 emissions. According to the UK Committee on Climate Change’s latest advice1, by 2030 emissions from heating homes will need to have been reduced by … [Continue Reading]
Parliamentary Briefing – Energy efficiency and fuel poverty – 16 November 2016
The Existing Homes Alliance has prepared a briefing to support the debate in Parliament on fuel poverty and energy efficiency. exha-briefing-energy-efficiency-debate-16nov2016
Evidence on Scottish Draft Budget 2017/18 – Local Government and Communities Committee
Introduction The Existing Homes Alliance welcomes the opportunity to submit evidence to the Local Government and Communities Committee ahead of its scrutiny of the Scottish Government’s draft budget for 2017/18. Budget decisions will have a significant bearing on the delivery of the Scottish Government’s flagship policy to tackle climate change and fuel poverty – schemes … [Continue Reading]
Realising the potential of Scotland’s Energy Efficiency Programme
The overall aim of this paper is to inform the development of the National Infrastructure Priority on energy efficiency and its cornerstone programme, Scotland’s Energy Efficiency Programme (SEEP). The starting point is the Existing Homes Alliance position that SEEP’s objective should be to ensure the vast majority of homes in Scotland should be at the … [Continue Reading]
Financing Scotland’s Energy Efficiency Programme – potential models
The Existing Homes Alliance commissioned this report to help inform the debate on how to fund Scotland’s Energy Efficiency Programme. This work follows on from our report on SEEP delivery models. In our view, finance is one piece of the jigsaw that must be in place to ensure SEEP’s success. However, finance on its own … [Continue Reading]
