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The Existing Homes Alliance | Scotland

campaigning for the transformation of Scotland's existing housing stock

A Warm Homes Bill for Scotland

5 October 2017

The Existing Homes Alliance Scotland welcomes the commitment from the Scottish Government to take forward a Warm Homes Bill in this parliament. Support for the Warm Homes Bill also featured in several political party manifestos. This proposed Bill should provide the statutory foundation for the new fuel poverty target and strategy, and for Scotland’s Energy Efficiency Programme (SEEP). It should also tackle regulatory barriers to those programmes.

 We wish to ensure the Bill addresses barriers and creates opportunities to bring low-carbon and affordable warmth to all households in Scotland. The Existing Homes Alliance has produced a policy summary and a set of detailed briefings proposing measures for inclusion in the forthcoming Warm Homes Bill.

Links to all the briefings are provided below:

Warm Homes Bill Policy Summary WHBill_policy summary_FINAL_Oct2017

Warm Homes Bill – Fuel Poverty WHBill_Fuel Poverty_FINAL_Oct2017

Warm Homes Bill – Energy Efficiency Targets WHBill_ee targets and milestones_FINAL_Oct2017

Warm Homes Bill – Regulation WHBill_regulation_FINAL_Oct2017

Warm Homes Bill – Independent body for oversight WHBill_Independent body_Oct2017

Warm Homes Bill – Local Authority duty for strategy WHBill_LA duty_FINAL_Oct2017

Warm Homes Bill – Fiscal Incentives WHBill_fiscal incentives_FINAL_Oct2017

 

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10 Key Recommendations

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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About us

The Existing Homes Alliance Scotland is a coalition calling for urgent action to transform Scotland's existing housing stock and make it fit for the 21st century. Too many of Scotland's homes are in a poor condition meaning unnecessarily high fuel use.

We gratefully acknowledge funding support from the William Grant Foundation.

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Join our campaign to ensure there are no households in Scotland living in a hard-to-heat, draughty home by 2030. We urge the Scottish Government to use the once in a generation opportunity of the Energy Efficient Scotland programme and the Fuel Poverty Bill to transform Scotland’s homes for the better, put an end to fuel poverty and seize the opportunities of a low carbon future.

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