Written Question · S3W-15099 · Session 3
What plans it has to encourage homeowners to improve home installation to help energy conservation.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to encourage homeowners to improve home installation to help energy conservation.
The answer
The Scottish Government supports a range of measures to encourage homeowners to improve home installation to help energy conservation:
We recently launched the Energy Saving Scotland advice network, which is a one stop shop for advice on a range of sustainable energy issues including energy efficiency, renewables and personal transport. Advisers engage with customers on a long term basis and provide advice and support with home installation.
We will launch a new home-help service in the Autumn, which will offer more intensive and tailored face to face support to ensure households get even better advice and find home installation solutions that are right for them.
We are establishing a Scottish steering group in partnership with the energy supply companies to help maximise funding and activity to Scotland through the carbon emissions reduction target. This could be worth at least £80 million each year for home energy efficiency improvements and savings of £62 million each year in household fuel bills.
We will be introducing the Home Report in December 2008 to raise awareness of energy efficiency at the point of house sale. All house purchasers will receive a comprehensive energy report on the energy efficiency of a property before they bid as part of the Home Report. This energy report will be attached to an up to date energy performance certificate and will provide information on energy usage and costs, carbon dioxide emissions, recommendations for improvements and sources of advice and support.
We are committing £45 million each year over the next three years to continue to help tackle fuel poverty. We have already made thousands of Scottish homes warmer and more affordable to heat by installing energy efficiency measures through our fuel poverty programmes, the Warm Deal and central heating programme.
In addition, the Scottish Government will be launching a consultation on further measures to improve the energy performance of existing homes later in the year.
We recently launched the Energy Saving Scotland advice network, which is a one stop shop for advice on a range of sustainable energy issues including energy efficiency, renewables and personal transport. Advisers engage with customers on a long term basis and provide advice and support with home installation.
We will launch a new home-help service in the Autumn, which will offer more intensive and tailored face to face support to ensure households get even better advice and find home installation solutions that are right for them.
We are establishing a Scottish steering group in partnership with the energy supply companies to help maximise funding and activity to Scotland through the carbon emissions reduction target. This could be worth at least £80 million each year for home energy efficiency improvements and savings of £62 million each year in household fuel bills.
We will be introducing the Home Report in December 2008 to raise awareness of energy efficiency at the point of house sale. All house purchasers will receive a comprehensive energy report on the energy efficiency of a property before they bid as part of the Home Report. This energy report will be attached to an up to date energy performance certificate and will provide information on energy usage and costs, carbon dioxide emissions, recommendations for improvements and sources of advice and support.
We are committing £45 million each year over the next three years to continue to help tackle fuel poverty. We have already made thousands of Scottish homes warmer and more affordable to heat by installing energy efficiency measures through our fuel poverty programmes, the Warm Deal and central heating programme.
In addition, the Scottish Government will be launching a consultation on further measures to improve the energy performance of existing homes later in the year.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-15099 by reference.