INVERCLYDE Council is on the verge of securing nearly £500,000 to deliver free thermal insulation improvements to private houses across the area.
Once the funding from the Scottish Government’s Universal Home Insulation Scheme has been confirmed, the work will be carried out by the award winning Council scheme, LESS Inverclyde.
A recent private sector house condition survey indicates that around 11,000 private sector homes in Inverclyde do not have insulation which meets modern standards and that nearly 4,000 households live in fuel poverty.
Councillor Robert Moran, Convenor of the Council’s Safe, Sustainable Communities Committee said "Securing funding will allow the council to help people to help themselves and will provide an excellent opportunity for them to improve the energy efficiency of their home and save money on their heating bills."
Councillor David Wilson, chairman of Inverclyde Council’s Green Charter and Environment Group, said: "The funding we have bid for, combined with funding from Scottish Hydro Electric, means that we will be able to offer free insulation to householders, which in turn will make a significant difference to people’s lives and their household finances."
Inverclyde Council is expected to receive formal notification of the outcome of the funding bid in the next few weeks and is ready to begin delivering free thermal insulation improvements almost immediately in partnership with Solas Insulation Ltd.
Councillor Moran added "Our aim is to make Inverclyde’s houses the most energy efficient in Scotland and ensure that as far as reasonably possible we eradicate fuel poverty in Inverclyde."
The insulation measures that would be offered are loft insulation, cavity wall insulation, loft insulation top-up and internal wall insulation.
Plans are already in place to deliver thermal insulation improvements to Housing Association properties across Inverclyde.
Source http://www.inverclydenow.com/
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