Meeting description: Discussion around the Fuel Poverty (Target Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill energy-efficiency levels of new build homes and potential to deliver zero carbon homes. In the context of new-build homes I highlighted to the Member the challenges around meeting tougher energy standards across mainstream housing the need to address energy-efficiency levels within the existing housing stock if the country is to meet residential climate change targets and the need for Energy Performance Certificates data to be openly available in Scotland (as is the case in England) so stakeholders can better understand the scale of the challenge and better target policy interventions.
Topic label: Housing, Climate