Insulation

Energy Supplier's Schemes

There are discounted prices for loft and cavity wall insulation available from Energy Utilities. Insulation may be installed free for those in receipt of certain benefits. Contact the Energy Agency for current offers.

Warm Deal Scheme

The Scottish Executive Warm Deal scheme offers a grant of up to £500 for installed insulation measures for those in receipt of a qualifying benefit.  Click here for further details.

Heating

Scottish Executive Central Heating Programme

This scheme offers a full central heating system and package of insulation measures to over 60s who do not have a current central heating system or one which is broken beyond repair. Click here for further details.

Renewables

The Scottish Community & Householder Renewable Initiative (SCHRI) is funded by the Scottish Executive and provides grants for householders and communities to install renewable energy technologies.

The technologies eligible for household funding are:

• solar water heating
• small-scale wind
• heat pumps
• automated wood burning stoves
• automated wood fuelled boilers
• small-scale hydro

Householders are entitled to grants of 30% of the installed cost ex-VAT, with a grant limit of £4,000. Two technologies per household.

The Communities grant has two main components:

For more information on SCHRI, click on the following link