Energy Efficiency

Work is underway on the first phase of a £5 million programme to reduce the risk of fuel poverty among hundreds of households in Paisley. The phase one project will see more than 700 homes in the Gallowhill area benefit from measures to help residents save money on heating bills and make homes more

Environmental groups have urged Scotland to catch up with England and Wales by making it easier for householders and businesses to reduce carbon emissions through the installation of solar panels and air source heat pumps. The call by WWF Scotland, RSPB Scotland and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland comes

Alison Johnstone Scotland could create 200,000 jobs over the next 20 years by pursuing a new economy built on strengths such as renewables, home insulation and forestry, according to a major research paper from Scottish Green MSPs.

Margaret Burgess Almost 2,000 of Scotland’s poorest households will benefit from a £5 million fund to make their homes cheaper to keep warm, housing minister Margaret Burgess has revealed.

A new report is to explore how Scotland’s proud engineering tradition can be harnessed to tackle fuel poverty, improve public health, create jobs and slash carbon emissions. Commissioned by the Low Carbon Infrastructure Task Force, which includes key figures from engineering, finance, construction

John Alexander More Dundee residents look set to join the thousands who have already benefitted from energy efficiency measures to their homes if a bid for additional cash is successful.

Fully assembled social homes are ready to leave the factory for Highland tenants after just three weeks of construction work, thanks to a pioneering new project. Believed to be the first of its kind in Scotland, the social housing project delivers fully assembled buildings which are ready for tenant

L to R – Hanover board member Derek Fothergrill, chief executive Helen Murdoch and John Scott MSP John Scott MSP helped cut the first sod at a new development which will provide 28 high quality amenity and general needs homes for rent in Ayr.

Amber Rudd The UK government's flagship ‘Green Deal’ home energy efficiency programme is to fold as ministers announced they were pulling its funding.

A new independent energy supply company, the first in the UK operating on a non-profit distributing basis, plans to be selling heat and power to tenants in 200,000 homes across Scotland by 2020. Our Power Energy, a subsidiary of Our Power Community Benefit Society, has been founded by 35 member orga

Council tenants in South Lanarkshire will save a total of more than £370,000 on fuel bills thanks to improvements done to their homes. Upgrading works carried out under South Lanarkshire Council’s HomeHappening programme has, over the past decade, seen all of the local authority’s eligible hous

Gillian Guy Prepay energy customers pay an average of £226 more per year than they would on the cheapest online direct debit deals, new analysis by Citizens Advice has revealed.

Council tenants across South Lanarkshire will save a total of more than £370,000 on their domestic fuel bills thanks to work done to their homes in the past year to improve their energy efficiency. Upgrading works carried out under South Lanarkshire Council’s HomeHappening programme has, over the

Pupils at St Agathas Primary School demonstrate the project to the Greenshoots Trustees Fife school pupils are taking part in a ground-breaking energy efficiency project that enables them to learn how to conserve energy, protect the environment and cut the fuel bills of the future.

Norman Kerr says the Scottish Government could do more to improve the energy efficiency of homes The debate raged on at the CIH Scotland Energy Efficiency, Fuel Poverty and Renewables event, supported by Forster Energy, as to whether the carrot or the stick is best at lifting Scotland’s households