Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing post 2020 (EESSH2) review: interim guidance for social landlords

Monitoring progress

27. Landlords' performance towards meeting EESSH milestones is monitored by the independent Scottish Housing Regulator.

28. Landlords have a responsibility to ensure data which they provide to the regulator is accurate.

29. Scottish Housing Regulator has advised landlords that it will pause the collection of data on EESSH until after the conclusion of the Scottish Government's review. It will then consult on EESSH indicators for the Annual Return on the Charter that are appropriate to the outcome of the review. Data will not be required retrospectively, but during the business years affected by the review period, 2022-23 and 23-24, landlords should continue to collect data for their own monitoring purposes on:

• The EE rating bands of stock – either from EPCs or estimated from other data held by the landlord; and
• The amount of investment committed to energy efficiency improvements in each year, and whether this is funded from the landlord's own resources.

30. For their own benefit, we recommend that landlords keep records of obstacles to improvements, such as lack of consent, projects that are deemed not to be cost-effective, and any review of options for energy efficiency improvements.

31. Compliance with the EESSH1 2020 milestone will continue as element 35 of SHQS.

32. The ZEST Report (Recommendation 5, action 1) recommends that social landlords should undertake an in-depth and updated stock condition survey to assist in mapping the existing stock, including details of new builds, adaptations and previous retrofit measures. The Scottish Government will provide further guidance to support a standardised approach to assist in tracking and working with the future mass rollout of key retrofit archetype solutions.

33. Local authorities may need to collect data for Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies (LHEESs). This may require input from RSLs in their areas.