Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies (LHEES): phase 2 pilots evaluation

LHEES aim to establish local authority plans for systematically improving the energy efficiency of buildings and decarbonising heat. This report presents an evaluation of the Phase 2 pilots focusing on the organisational and social aspects, and a review of reports generated by the projects.


Footnotes

1.  See: https://www.gov.scot/publications/energy-efficient-scotland-route-map/

2.  See: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-energy-efficiency-programme-second-consultation-local-heat-energy-efficiency/

3.  More detail on the proposed socio-economic assessment method is provided in Appendix 1.

4.  See: https://www.gov.scot/publications/local-heat-energy-efficiency-strategies-phase-1-pilots-social-evaluation/ and https://www.gov.scot/publications/local-heat-energy-efficiency-strategies-phase-1-pilots-technical-evaluation-report/pages/3/

5.  See: https://www.gov.scot/publications/energy-efficient-scotland-transition-programme-application-forms/

6.  Local Energy Hubs were introduced by the UK Government's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to 'unlock' investment in local energy through aggregating projects to interest commercial investors.

7.  SIC is the UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities (see: https://www.siccode.co.uk ). This gives high level industry categorisation that can be analysed.

8.  https://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/business-friendly-environment/sme-definition_en

9.  https://www.gov.scot/publications/local-heat-energy-efficiency-strategies-phase-1-pilots-social-evaluation/

10.  https://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/114590.aspx

11.  See: https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/advice-and-guidance/2019/02/guidance-strategy-level-socio-economic-assessments-draft-methodology/documents/00545759-pdf/00545759-pdf/govscot%3Adocument/00545759.pdf

12.  https://www.lepnetwork.net/

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