The Scottish Executive's Central Heating Programme and the Warm Deal Annual Report 2003-04: BENEFITS FROM HOME ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCHEMES IN SCOTLAND 2003-04: A REPORT BY THE SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE
Warm Deal Insulation Programme
This section describes the results of the Warm Deal Insulation Programme delivered by Eaga and by local authorities. This Programme covers traditional energy efficiency improvement measures:
- loft insulation
- cavity wall insulation
- tank insulation
- low-energy light bulbs
- draught-proofing
- pipe insulation
- energy advice
While the results from Eaga were calculated using data gathered from surveys of every property improved, information for the Warm Deal (local authorities) was restricted to a summary of the measures installed and the number of dwellings improved. No data was available for individual dwellings. Assessments were therefore made based on data available from the 2002 Scottish House Condition Survey for the local authority sector as a whole. In some cases only a limited data set was available and the results should therefore be treated with caution.
Number of properties improved
A total of 27,520 properties were improved under the Warm Deal insulation programme; 5,920 by local authorities and 21,600 by Eaga (of which energy efficiency ratings could be produced for 19,987).
Types of households living in properties improved by Eaga
Figure 15 shows the types of households that benefited from improvements to their home under the Warm Deal (Eaga). More than one third of households (40%) were pensioners. Nearly one-quarter (23%) of the properties improved by Eaga did not contain any of the household categories listed in Figure 15. No data is available on the households in properties improved by local authorities.
Figure 15
Tenure of properties
Figure 16 shows the tenure of properties improved by Eaga. Just under two-thirds of these belonged to either local authorities or housing associations, with the majority of the remainder being owner-occupied. 'Other' refers to tied properties. Local authorities owned half (50%) of properties improved under the Warm Deal (Eaga). Combining this with the number of properties improved by the local authorities themselves, then the total number of local authority properties improved in 2003-04 under the Warm Deal was 16,712 (61% of the homes improved).
Figure 16
