The Existing Homes Alliance Scotland, along with a broad group of high-profile organisations, is calling for there to be no household in Scotland living in a hard-to-heat, draughty home by 2025. They urge the Scottish Government to achieve this by making energy efficiency a National Infrastructure Priority and bringing all housing up to a high … [Continue Reading]
Energy efficiency and local taxation
A paper by the Energy Saving Trust exploring possible linkages between energy efficiency and local taxation to encourage uptake of energy efficiency measures by homeowners and landlords. est_submission_commission-on-local-tax-reform_11august15
Existing Homes Alliance calls for energy efficiency to be national infrastructure project in 2016
The Alliance issued a new briefing calling for a bold programme of low-carbon refurbishment of Scotland’s homes set in the context of a National Infrastructure Project, incorporating targets for energy performance, fuel poverty and climate emissions reduction. The programme should include incentives, support and regulations aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions and tackling fuel poverty. … [Continue Reading]
Alliance calls for extension of Landlord’s Energy Saving Allowance
We have joined colleagues in the rest of the UK to call for the Landlord’s Energy Saving Allowance (LESA) to be extended to help landlords upgrade their properties. Landlords can claim the allowance for the costs of buying and installing cavity wall, loft, solid wall, floor and hot water system insulation and draught-proofing. It is … [Continue Reading]
Alliance response to Commission on Housing and Wellbeing
The Commission on Housing and Wellbing has been charged with considering the relationship between housing and wellbeing for the people of Scotland in the second decade of the 21st century. It has also been asked to consider and recommend national housing priorities and policies to foster and sustain wellbeing for all the people of Scotland. … [Continue Reading]
