Stall in Scottish Parliament gathers cross-party support to tackle fuel poverty

5 February 2019

Graham Simpson MSP with Existing Homes Alliance Chair Lori McElroy.

38 MSPs from across the political spectrum pledged their support for a Scotland with warm homes for everyone at the Existing Homes Alliance stall in the Scottish Parliament in January 2019.

Stall in parliament raises awareness of fuel poverty concerns and solutions

1 The Energy Efficient Scotland Programme, the cornerstone of the National Infrastructure Priority for energy efficiency, should have a statutory underpinning, including a target for the vast majority of housing (where technically feasible and appropriate) to reach the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) band C by 2030.

2 The introduction of new regulation and planning controls, backed by market incentives, to improve the energy efficiency of existing homes.

3 Scotland-wide area-based schemes to deliver retrofit of existing homes, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, street by street, alongside a national, demand led programme.

4 A range of financial incentives to encourage investment in energy efficiency and micro-generation.

5 New service offerings, products and packages for retrofit.

6 Better information on household energy use and its carbon emissions for consumers.

7 Better energy performance data on existing housing.

8 Reliable quality control and up-skilling on low and zero-carbon technologies.

9 A major programme to catalogue and showcase existing and ongoing exemplar low energy refurbishments.

10 Maximise use of devolved powers and influence UK policy to improve energy efficiency.

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Stall in Scottish Parliament gathers cross-party support to tackle fuel poverty

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