Scottish Green PartyThe Scottish Green Party is calling on Ministers to insulate every home in Scotland. A quarter of Scots still live in fuel poverty, many with damp homes, all leaking money. Tackling this problem effectively means putting in loft and cavity wall insulation for free, and it means providing substantial financial support for micro-renewables and other energy efficiency measures.
No more bureaucracy, failed targets or complicated means-testing, just teams going area by area, street by street and door to door getting the job done. It’s cost-effective, it brings in money from the private sector, and nobody gets missed out. Green Councillors in Yorkshire have already proved it can work. Scotland should be next.
News and updates
- Scottish ministers close to crucial budget deal with Greens (Guardian, 8 January 2009)
- Greens seek insulation vow to back SNP budget (Scotland on Sunday, 14 December 2008)
- Green scheme creates warm glow (Scotsman, 1 December 2008)
- The proposal was discussed in Committee on 4 November 2008, and an amendment backing the campaign was passed by the Scottish Parliament on 13 November 2008.
- Green Party demand £100m eco-boost (Daily Record, 17 October 2008)
Comments and support
“The Scottish Greens want the government to back a £100million plan to insulate and draught-proof every home in the country. With hard-pressed families facing soaring fuel bills - and the construction industry facing major cutbacks - perhaps this is an idea whose time has come. Major energy companies are backing the initiative and it could make a major difference to cutting home fuel bills and keeping construction workers usefully employed rather than sitting out the recession on the dole. We can use their skills to benefit our communities and there is the added bonus that better insulation would also help reduce our carbon footprint. It is certainly worth further consideration.”
Daily Record editorial, 12 January 2009
“I would call upon every party in the Scottish Parliament to lend their backing to the Scottish Green Party proposal. For over two years now we have been calling for a retrofitting strategy to bring existing domestic and commercial buildings up to modern energy efficiency standards. Retrofitting is not only the right thing to do, it also makes good business sense.”
Michael Levack, Scottish Building Federation
Sign up below to support this proposal, and tell Ministers you want them to:
- reduce fuel poverty
- cut everyone’s fuel bills
- boost jobs in construction
- improve Scotland’s health, and
- fight climate change