Energy Efficient Scotland Phase 2 pilots: final social evaluation report

Footnotes

1. See: Bush, R., McCrone, D., Webb, J., Wakelin, J., Usmani, L & Sagar, D. 2018. Energy Efficienct Scotland – Phase 1 pilots evaluation final report. Available at: https://heatandthecity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/EES-Pilot-Evaluation-Phase-1-Final-Report1.pdf

2. Scottish Government, Scotland’s Energy Efficiency Programme: Pilot Projects Pathfinder Fund – Phase 2

3. Bush R, McCrone D, Webb J, Wakelin J, Usmani L & Sagar D. 2018. Energy Efficient Scotland – Phase 1 pilots evaluation final report. Available at: https://heatandthecity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/EES-Pilot-Evaluation-Phase-1-Final-Report1.pdf

4. Bush R and Webb J, 2018. LHEES pilots evaluation – interim report. Available at: https://heatandthecity.org.uk/resource/local-heat-and-energy-efficiency-strategy-lhees-pilots-evaluation-interim-report/

Wade F, Webb J & Creamer E, 2019. Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies: Phase 1 Pilots – Social Evaluation Report. Available at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/local-heat-energy-efficiency-strategies-phase-1-pilots-social-evaluation/

5. Scottish Government. 2019. Scotland to become a net zero society. https://www.gov.scot/news/scotland-to-become-a-net-zero-society/ 

6. Scottish Government, 2019. Home Energy Efficiency Programmes for Scotland: delivery report 2017-2018. Available at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/home-energy-efficiency-programmes-scotland-delivery-report-2017-18/ 

7. Salix Finance provide interest-free Government funding to the public sector to improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and lower energy bills. See: www.salixfinance.co.uk 

8. There are an estimated 130 Arms-Length External Organisations in Scotland. An ALEO is formally separate to the council but its subject to its control or influence. See: https://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/report/councils-use-of-arms-length-organisations 

9. See: Bush, R., McCrone, D., Webb, J., Wakelin, J., Usmani, L & Sagar, D. 2018. Energy Efficienct Scotland – Phase 1 pilots evaluations final report. Available at: https://heatandthecity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/EES-Pilot-Evaluation-Phase-1-Final-Report1.pdf

10. There is existing research demonstrating how increasing resource constraints and regular restructuring can result in damage to the institutional memory of local authorities. See: Webb J, Tingey M & Hawkey D, 2017. What we know about local authority engagement in energy systems: ambitions, activities, business structures & ways forward. London, UK Energy Research Centre and Loughborough, Energy Technologies Institute.

11. See: Bush, R., McCrone, D., Webb, J., Wakelin, J., Usmani, L & Sagar, D. 2018. Energy Efficienct Scotland – Phase 1 pilots evaluations final report. Available at: https://heatandthecity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/EES-Pilot-Evaluation-Phase-1-Final-Report1.pdf