Publications

Heat Network Zone (HNZ) guidance

Statutory guidance to support local authorities to discharge their duties in relation to review, and possible designation, of Heat Network Zones. The guidance should be read alongside the Heat Network Zones and Building Assessment Reports (Scotland) Regulations 2023.

Type: Advice and guidance
Date: 30 May 2023

Heat networks: Building Assessment Report (BAR) guidance

Statutory guidance on building assessment reports (BAR) to support the owners of non-domestic buildings to discharge their duty in relation to assessing their building’s potential to connect to a heat network. They should be read alongside the HNZ and Building Assessment Reports (Scotland) Regulations 2023.

Type: Advice and guidance
Date: 30 May 2023

Nitrogen use efficiency in Scotland: annual report 2023

First annual report under section 5(1)(c) of the Climate Change (Nitrogen Balance Sheet) (Scotland) Regulations 2022, and complements the latest published version of the Nitrogen Balance Sheet for the year 2020.

Type: Progress report
Date: 24 May 2023

Scottish Nitrogen Balance Sheet 2020

The Scottish Nitrogen Balance Sheet brings together evidence on flows of nitrogen in Scotland from across the whole economy to understand and keep track of the use of nitrogen.

Type: Statistics
Date: 23 May 2023

Environment, natural resources and agriculture - strategic research 2022-2027: overview

We are investing around £50 million a year into a portfolio of strategic research to ensure that Scotland maintains its position at the very cutting edge of advances in agriculture, natural resources and the environment.

Type: Research and analysis
Date: 22 May 2023

Part of:: Environment, natural resources and agriculture strategic research

Total amount spent so far on the Deposit Return Scheme in Scotland: EIR release

Information request and response under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004

Type: FOI/EIR release
Date: 22 May 2023

Developing essential fish habitat maps: report

The project helped define areas of the sea essential to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity. Twenty-nine species and multiple life-stages were reviewed covering marine fish and shellfish of commercial and ecological importance, relevant to offshore wind development areas.

Type: Research and analysis
Date: 22 May 2023

Part of:: Marine publications

Scotland's Snowsports report by EKOS Ltd 2022: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Type: FOI/EIR release
Date: 17 May 2023

Correspondence regarding Parliamentary Questions S6W-16060 and S6W-16061: FOI Release