Heat in Buildings: progress report 2023
Annual update on progress against our Heat in Buildings Strategy.
Community schemes
Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES)
CARES continues to help communities across Scotland engage with, participate in and benefit from the transition to net zero. To date, CARES has advised over 900 organisations and offered £60 million in funding to over 680 projects, supporting the installation of 57.9 MW of renewable energy.
CARES’ Community Buildings Fund provides a rolling programme of support to community organisations to decarbonise their buildings and reduce energy bills. This support takes a whole building retrofit approach covering energy efficiency measures, zero emissions heat installations and additional small-scale generation where there is a clear benefit to the community organisation in terms of energy bill reduction.
The Community Heat Development Programme works with community organisations and groups of householders to help develop their ideas for locally generated, low and zero carbon heat project ideas, with applicants receiving support to assess the feasibility of their project and advice on next steps.
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