Heat in Buildings: progress report 2025
Annual update on progress against our Heat in Buildings Strategy and Monitoring and Evaluation Framework.
Annex B: Scottish Government delivery schemes and advice services
Domestic support:
Enable local authorities to design and deliver energy efficiency programmes in areas with high levels of fuel poverty and vulnerable families. Programme emphasises insulation measures for 'hard to treat' properties but includes investment in clean heating and microgeneration measures as part of a ‘whole house’ approach.
Home Energy Scotland: Grant and Loan scheme
The Home Energy Scotland (HES) Grant and Loan Scheme provides homeowners in Scotland a grant of £7,500 for clean heating systems and a maximum of £7,500 for energy efficiency measures. An optional interest free loan is also available for both clean heating and energy efficiency.
An uplift of £1,500 is available for remote rural and island homes to both the energy efficiency and clean heating grants.
Our national fuel poverty programme designed to help those living in or at risk of fuel poverty through the installation of measures such as insulation and clean heating systems. Households will be offered a clean heating system in the first instance, but we will avoid installing these systems in households where it would push them into fuel poverty or worsen the depth of fuel poverty. If this is the case, we will support the household to install measures which will improve their home’s energy efficiency.
Free independent advice and referral scheme.
Business support:
The SME Loan and Cashback scheme provides interest free loans from £1,000 up to £100,000 and cashback of up to £30,000 to eligible Scotland based small and medium sized businesses, charities, and not-for-profit organisations for the installation of energy efficiency measures, clean heating and renewables. In total, organisations can access a maximum of £130,000 through the scheme.
Free advice and support to SMEs for energy efficiency and heat decarbonisation.
Public sector support:
Scottish Green Public Sector Estate Decarbonisation Scheme
The main government-led capital funding mechanism to support leadership for decarbonisation of buildings owned by the public sector. The scheme comprises four support elements for public sector bodies:
2. The Scottish Central Government Energy Efficiency Grant Scheme
3. The Scottish Public Sector Energy Efficiency Loan Scheme
4. Scotland’s Public Sector Heat Decarbonisation Fund
Multi-sector support:
Open to public and private sector organisations, including support for new heat networks and the decarbonisation and expansion of existing heat networks.
The Heat Network Support Unit (HNSU) supports the development of heat network projects in Scotland. It does this by offering grant funding and expert advice throughout the pre-capital stages of development. We are working on building a project pipeline to meet our targets and to build capacity within the public sector to lead on, invest in and deliver heat network projects.
Social Housing Net Zero Heat Fund
Capital grant funding to support social housing landlords to install clean heating systems and energy efficiency measures.
Contact
Email: heatinbuildings@gov.scot