Dundee City Council is working with Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) to fit external wall insulation to hundreds of homes in Dundee.

More than 500 residents are already enjoying lower bills through the scheme.

The SSE community engagement bus is rolling into the Dens and Hilltown areas this week to offer external wall insulation to tenants and home-owners.

The bus is rolling through different parts of the city over the coming week, with tenants, home-owners and landlords in each area receiving a letter in advance, inviting them to sign up to the free insulation scheme.

Early reports from tenants in at Lawton, Graham Street, Arklay Street, Hilltown and Clepington Road confirm that the investment is bringing down heating bills.

John Alexander, convener of the council’s housing committee, said: “The benefits of signing up for external wall insulation are so obvious and at no cost to the tenant or home owner, it’s a real no brainer.

“Several thousand pounds of work is carried out to each block and paid for by money from the Scottish Government and SSE. It’s easy to sign up and people that I’ve spoken to about it can’t say enough good things about what the external wall insulation has done for their quality of life.”