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The Existing Homes Alliance | Scotland

campaigning for the transformation of Scotland's existing housing stock

Evidence on Scottish Draft Budget 2017/18 – Local Government and Communities Committee

25 October 2016

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 to improve the energy efficiency of existing homes. With responsibility for ensuring that policies deliver against Scotland’s Climate Change Act now mainstreamed across Government, the Committee has a vital role to play to ensure that these schemes are funded at the scale necessary to deliver against Scotland’s Climate Change Act.

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Filed Under: Policy

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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