The People’s Panel said that the public want “better information, communication and financial support from the Scottish Government” on what households can do to help reach net zero targets. It also wanted to ensure everyone could access information and financial support for climate action regardless of their background to help them with any costs associated with the transition to net zero. <strong>How does the Plan say the Scottish Government will support households?</strong> The Scottish Government says that it will provide targeted advice and financial support for energy efficiency measures in homes and to help people to switch to electric vehicles. These include: <ul><li>providing free advice on energy efficiency, renewable heating and fuel poverty support through Home Energy Scotland (HES).</li> <li>loans and grants for the installation of a heat pump as well as funding for energy efficiency measures through the HES Grant and Loan scheme.</li> <li>help for those living in fuel poverty, or at risk of fuel poverty, by installing insulation and heating measures into individual properties through the Warmer Homes Scotland scheme.</li> <li>continued support for consumers and businesses to transition to electric vehicles. This support currently takes the form of interest-free loans for consumers to purchase electric vehicles and grants towards the cost of purchasing and installing a home charge point.</li></ul> If you agree with the types of advice and financial support for household actions to reach climate targets outlined in the Plan, rate it up (👍), if you disagree, rate it down (👎). Please tell us why you agree or disagree using the comment boxes below. Please tell us if there is other advice or financial support you would like to see included, or changes you would like to see, that would help the Scottish Government support households across Scotland to contribute to net-zero targets.
There is some information about grants and loans which I came across from researching websites about the CCP. I dont think the message is getting out to the general public though. Also in terms of installing the technology (heat pumps, solar panels, charging stations) one is bombarded with people trying to take your money and the regular person has no idea if these are cowboys or if they know what they are doing (some obviously dont as I was told my house was too old to have a heat pump) More guidance/help from the govt on qualified installers needed.
If the direction of travel is getting rid of petrol cars and installing heat pumps it would be good to know the incentives and timelines. When I moved house 5 years ago a new boiler was installed at significant cost - I wouldn’t want to have to shell out straight away for a heat pump unless it was clear about support available an ideal timeline for when I should replace my existing boiler. I’m guessing not until at least 2035 when it will be 15 years old.
This is aimed to high - the people who will need the most help will not be reached by this except by chance. Fuel poverty hits people who are not getting qualifying benefits as well. Air source heat pumps are fine but not going to be as good as needed for many households, especially with very cold weather when additional sources of heat may be needed - from experience. Electric cars and no parking / place to put a charging point!
There doesn't seem to be in any inclusion of Equality, to us this plays a huge part when considering social justice.
information and support is not provided across all the sectors. Home Energy Scotland is good, as is the advice and support for EVs. But there are many more areas which advice and support are needed - and these need to be matched with the appropriate infrastructure: for example - more, and more reliable EV charging network; more and joined up public transport; support for more, and affordable local foods; guidance on low carbon diets (and make this the default in public sector food); build understanding and credibility of resource management - what happens with recycled waste?
Young people in Dundee who took park expressed concern around cost. This was in relation the cost of electric cars, they also spoke about the overall cost of 4.8 billion to deliver the plan, how would this impact on services. There was also discussion about the current cost of electric vehicles in relation to those on low incomes, who are also served by a poor local transport system where buses do not cover where they work, or run at times for their work. Some concern was also raised, again in relation to poorer people, who may predominantly live in blocks of flats that will not have a charging network even if they could afford an electric car
Supporting more people to travel by walking, wheeling and cycling for everyday journeys is key to reducing emissions from transport and supporting Scotland to reach net zero. The relative affordability of cycling means it has a pivotal and effective role to play in both reducing emissions from transport and tackling entrenched transport inequalities. Lack of access to somewhere safe to store a bike is one of the biggest barriers to more people cycling. More than a third of people living in Scotland don’t have a safe and secure place to store their bike at home (est. 1.5 million people), with those living in flatted accommodation particularly affected. In tackling our emissions from transport, it’s essential that work continues to deliver increased access to cycle storage in residential areas, so that more people can be enabled to travel by bike for everyday journeys.
In delivering a just transition to net zero, consideration must be given to supporting multi-modal journeys and enhancing connections between public transport and active travel, including creating safe routes to train stations and bus stops, and providing improved cycle parking and storage facilities to help more people combine cycling with public transport. Transport is the single largest source of emissions nationally, with areas of deprivation most negatively affected by climate change and poor air quality. Supporting more people to walk, wheel and cycle for everyday journeys is a key part of reducing our emissions and improving air quality, but the greatest barrier to cycling is fear of road traffic. Actions are needed to address this, and support more people to cycle, through expansion of networks separated cycle lanes, reducing speed and volume of motorised traffic on roads, and improving access to bikes and bike storage.
This sounds great. I hope it can identify and help all of the people who need it. I think that might be more difficult than it appears. Heat pumps may not be sufficient for some maybe most areas in Scotland. What other forms of heating can we turn to in severe weather
people need significant subsidization for heat pumps as they are very expensive.
I would like to suggest that saving the energy from penny to penny. Using public transport and public facilities as more as possible. Education and healthcare raise the youths to save energy and taking the public duties. Sharing love and growing the capacity of love.
it is very necessary to support homes financially with the major changes needed for a complete revamp of their heating and their vehicles.
It only talks of heat pumps and district heating systems. It must allow for new more appropriately sized technologies to be developed and deployed in smaller homes and flats eg Microwave boilers.
A House heating system will typically only be changed once during the 26-40 period and then mainly when an existing system fails. The time taken to implement a heat pump (can be months for grants/loans) (or alternative) must be made equivalent to gas boiler replacement (weeks) or people will stick with gas rather than be cold.
I think the financial support from SG for helping households meet net zero has been fantastic. I personally have had loans and grants for EV and heat pump and I know tens and hundreds of people who have accessed funding for loft insulation, cavity wall insulation etc
Having read through SCCP I couldn’t find any direct information on how householders can achieve net zero or apply for financial help to transition to more green energy forms. The SCCP appears to be a list of what the SNP wish to achieve, with no practical strategies for individuals not businesses to adopt. It appears to read like a wish list.
While the plan suggests support for private transport it does not make suggestions for how to improve public transport, create safer routes for cycling and walking all of which already have good starting points. It also fails to consider reducing emissions from air travel and shipping
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