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Achieving a low carbon future – An analysis of area-based approaches to improving Scottish homes

Reducing CO 2 and greenhouse gas emissions in Scotland. Achieving a low carbon future – An analysis of area-based approaches to improving Scottish homes. Liz Marquis. Overview. Area-based Non-means tested Free. Impact. Impact.

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Achieving a low carbon future – An analysis of area-based approaches to improving Scottish homes

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  1. Reducing CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions in Scotland Achieving a low carbon future – An analysis of area-based approaches to improving Scottish homes Liz Marquis

  2. Overview • Area-based • Non-means tested • Free

  3. Impact

  4. Impact • For every £1 spent in Fintry £1 was saved by those who received measures, Warm Deal delivered such a saving at a cost of £2.45, • The local incidence of fuel poverty fell by between 13% and 26%, • Normally ‘hard to reach’ fuel poor households were identified and supported, • In Fintry the cost to save 1t of CO2 was £196 compared to £350 under Warm Deal, • Average energy ratings improved by around 1 NHER point in each area, • Annual energy usage of treated households fell by between 18% and 24%, • On average households saved between 1.3 and 3.1 tonnes of carbon dioxide per annum.

  5. Community income

  6. Energy savings

  7. Reasons for success – area based • Intensive marketing and community engagement • Combining a variety of funding streams • Economies of scale

  8. Reasons for successNon-means tested/free • Stigma • Passport benefits • Those on the margins • Able to pay

  9. Incidence of fuel poverty (%) 50 47 45 41 41 40 36 35 33 35 30 Before % 26 25 After % 20 % Reduction 20 15 13 10 5 0 Fintry Girvan Hadyard Hill Limitations

  10. Recommendations • The further integration of government and energy company efforts to help achieve both fuel poverty and carbon saving targets, • A redefinition of the ‘Priority Group’ within regulations surrounding energy companies’ schemes to include those found to be fuel poor, • A more extensive range of measures for ‘hard to treat’ properties, and the provision of low and zero-carbon technologies. • To ensure all who should receive help actually do so, consideration should be given to extending a non-means-tested approach focussed primarily on deprived areas, • Consideration of an expansion of this approach to less deprived areas is also required in order to ensure an increased response rate among the ‘able to pay’, and to maximise carbon savings.

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