Heat networks: Building Assessment Report (BAR) guidance

4 Submitting your completed BAR

Once all sections of the Building Assessment Report Template and if appropriate, Building Assessment Report for Centralised Supply Template have been completed and checked for accuracy, please email the completed template(s) to:

(1) The local authority in whose area the building is situated

(2) Scottish Ministers, via the email address: heatnetworkBAR@gov.scot.

Please keep a copy of the complete BAR on file, as you are required, under the Heat Networks (Heat Network Zones and Building Assessment Reports) (Scotland) Regulations 2023, to renew the BAR submission "within 5 years after the notification of the BAR".

Error remediation: if the assessor spots an error after submitting a BAR, please correct the error on the BAR and resend (with a brief explanation), as soon as practicable, to:

(1) the local authority in whose area the building is situated

(2) Scottish Ministers, via the email address: heatnetworkBAR@gov.scot.

Queries: If you have any questions or issues relating to this guidance or the associated templates, please contact the Scottish Government's Heat Network Regulation Team at heatnetworkBAR@gov.scot.