Heat in buildings: Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing Review Group

Overview

The Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing Review Group was set up in 2023 in response to the need to replace the existing Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing post-2020, which was not aligned with Scotland's net zero targets for heating. 

The group brings together the Scottish Government and the social housing sector to co-develop the new standard. Its work considers how energy efficiency measures and clean heating systems can be integrated to create affordable, climate-resilient homes, in a way that is fair to tenants and protects those in fuel poverty. 

The group is working towards finalising the new standard by spring 2027. 

Read the interim guidance for social landlords, to be used by the sector until the new standard is established. 

Four subgroups were created to examine the key elements needed to inform the standard:  

• Just Transition, Metric and Heating System 
• Fabric First and Hard-to-Treat 
• Finance and Measures 
• Gypsy/Traveller Sites 

Members

• Alice Hunter, Scottish Government (Chair)  
• Helen Shaw, Scottish Housing Regulator 
• Mike Callaghan, COSLA 
• Cassandra Dove, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) 
• Mark McArthur, Energy Saving Trust 
• Stephen Devine, Wheatley 
• Colleen Rowan, Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF) and Easthall Park Housing Co-op 
• Tony Cain, Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers (ALACHO) 
• Donald Weir, Glen Oaks Housing Association 
• Angela Morgan, Port of Leith Housing Association 
• Paul Leask, Hjaltland Housing Association 
• Dave Thomson, Aberdeenshire Council 
• Grant Gilfillan, Shetland Council 
• John Smith, South Lanarkshire Council 
• Roddy Hamilton, Changeworks 
• Chris Morgan, John Gilbert Architects 
• Jackie Timmons, Edinburgh Council 
• Lee Taylor, Link Group 
• Peter O'Donnell, Hebridean Housing Association 
• Dr Julio Bros-Williamson, Edinburgh University 
• John Kerr, West Dunbartonshire Council 
• Jim Griffin, Perth and Kinross Council 
• Nick Clark, Ore Valley Housing Association 
• Ken Gibb, University of Glasgow and UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) 
• Michael Cameron, Scottish Housing Regulator 
• Craig Denham, Scottish Government 
• Sam McDonald, Scottish Government 
• Maddie McLellan, Scottish Government 
• Leeanne Mullan, Scottish Government 
• Louise Scott, Scottish Government 

Publications

Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing Review Group: terms of reference