Green Heat Finance Taskforce: report part 1 - November 2023

The independent Green Heat Finance Taskforce, has identified a suite of options which will allow individual property owners to access finance to cover the upfront costs for replacing polluting heating with clean heat solutions in the manner best suited to their own individual circumstances.


12. Annex 6 - Glossary

ABS: Area-Based Schemes

BES: Business Energy Scotland

BTL: Buy-to-Let

CARES: Community and Renewable energy Scheme

CCA: Consumer Credit Act 1974

CEEF: Central and Eastern European Fund (EU)

DHLF: District Heating Loan Fund

EBRD: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EED: Energy Efficiency Directive

EEEF: European Energy Efficiency Fund

EEMI: Energy Efficiency Mortgages Initiative

EESH: Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing

ESA: Energy Service Agreement

EPC: Energy Performance Certificates, or Energy Performance Contract

ESCo: Energy service company

ESG: Environmental, social and corporate governance

EST: Energy Savings Trust

FCA: Financial Conduct Authority

GFI: Green Finance Institute

GHFT: Green Heat Finance Taskforce

GP: General Practitioner

GPSEDS: Green Public Sector Estate Decarbonisation Scheme

HaaS: Heat as a Service

HEEPS ABS: Home Energy Efficiency Programmes Area-Based Schemes

HES: Home Energy Scotland

HiB: Heat in buildings

HM Treasury: His Majesty’s Treasury

HNF: Heat Network Fund

HNSU: Scotland’s Heat Network Support Unit

IFC: International Finance Corporation

IMLA: Intermediary Mortgage Lenders’ Association

JV: Joint venture

KfW: Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau

LA: Local Authority

LBTT: Land and buildings transaction tax

LCITP: Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme

LES: Local Energy Scotland

LHEES: Local heat and energy efficiency strategies

LTV: Loan to Value

MCS: Microgeneration Certification Scheme

MoMU: Multiple Occupancy Multiple Use

NDEEF: Non-Domestic Energy Efficiency Frameworks

NDR: Non-Domestic Rates

NRW: German Bank

NSET: National Strategy for Economic Transformation

OFGEM: Office of Gas and Electricity Markets

OO: Owner Occupier

PAS: Publicly Available Specification

PLF: Property Linked Finance

PRS: Private rented sector

PSU: Project Support Unit

PWLB: Public Works Loan Board

RLF: Revolving loan fund

RSL: Registered Social Landlord

SCDI: Scottish Council for Development and Industry

SHNZHF: Social Housing Next Zero Heat Fund

SMEs: Small and medium-sized enterprises

VAT: Value Added Tax

ZDEH: Zero direct emissions heating

Contact

Email: greenheatfinancetaskforce@gov.scot

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