The Scottish Government has launched a national public energy agency to scale up the delivery of climate-friendly heating and improve energy efficiency across Scotland’s homes and buildings.

Heat Energy Efficiency Scotland will initially focus on building public understanding of the changes needed in how people heat and use energy in their homes, acting as a centre of expertise for green heat projects and co-ordinating the delivery of investment programmes.

An independent strategic board has been established to support, advise and oversee the agency, with a marketing campaign highlighting the Home Energy Scotland service going live in November.

The Scottish Government has committed at least £1.8 billion for green heat and energy efficiency programmes over the course of this parliament, with the aim for more than one million homes and non-domestic buildings to run on zero direct emissions heating systems by 2030.

Net Zero Energy Secretary Michael Matheson said: “Scotland’s homes and buildings account for around a fifth of all our emissions and we need to take bold, urgent action to ensure we cut these emissions in line with our ambitious climate targets.

“It will take an unprecedented level of leadership and co-ordination to ensure that everyone, from industry to individual households, has access to the right support to deliver this green heat transformation. Heat Energy Efficiency Scotland will provide this.”

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