Some 3000 churches in Scotland were made aware of the scheme. In 1980, the administration of the scheme passed to the General Trustees department of the Church of Scotland at 121 George Street, Edinburgh, where Mr. Robert Lindores is the contact person. Andrew Press, 1.95. Before the scheme the energy management of church premises was generally poor. A few showed high levels of awareness and efficiency, showing what could be done in the others.
Insulation can help a lot, but it is often costly.
By 1995 about 1200 initial and repeat surveys have been done. Most of theses have been Church of Scotland premises but includes a few Episcopal and other churches. An analysis was made of 103 cases which had come up for 5-yearly property inspection, where surveys had been done. The energy costs before and after implementing the survey recommendations were predicted and then compared with the actual energy costs. This is encouraging, but still points to great scope for more to be done to save energy in the churches.