The climate emergency is upon us. With COP26 in Glasgow in November, the HEAT Project was only too happy to join Dunkeld and Birnam Unplugged event to highlight how our home heating choices can have a big impact. With gas prices rising this winter, HEAT Pumps are an increasingly attractive technology to help reduce carbon [...]
Scottish Housing Day 2021 To mark Scottish Housing Day, and in partnership with Safe Deposits Scotland Charitable Trust, the HEAT Project is giving you an insight into some of the work we do to help people reduce home energy consumption and energy bills. About one fifth of the energy consumed in Scotland is [...]
Our energy advisor,Craig hosts an energy surgery in Rattray Church Hall from 4pm to 6pm every Wednesday. The service includes service includingHeating+hot water adviceSupply+tariff switchingCondensation+dampenessKeep your home warm in winterSaving your money The address is Balmoral Road, Rattray, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, PH10 7AB. Note Craig recently joined The Heat Project from Hillcrest Homes, where he has [...]
Craig takes up new post with area's The HEAT Project A new energy adviser has taken up post with the HEAT Projet and is keen to hear from people in the area who want to find out more about reducing their energy bills and saving money. Craig Thompson shared with the [...]
Summary Changing our lifestyle and improving the energy performance of our homes is important not just for climate change but can also improve quality of life and your health. It's clear from the evidence that the impact of the current pandemic is worse for people in cold and damp houses. Many of the things we [...]
Join Blairgowrie Climate Café for their online Climate conversation. Our energy advisor, Martin, will give a talk titled "Keep Warm Without Costing the Earth." This will be a great opportunity to find out more about keeping your house warm, being more energy efficient and reducing carbon emissions. If you want to find out more information, [...]
Renewable heat scheme for homeowners A new £4.5 million cashback incentive to help people install renewable and energy efficiency measures in their homes has been announced by the Scottish Government. Homeowners will be able to apply for 75% cashback up to the value of £7,500 towards the cost of a renewable heating system and a further 40% [...]
Turning an Energy Bill Nightmare into a Highland Dream Home This case study illustrates a private landlord owned lovely cottage in our project area. Due to the exposed location and solid walls, the cottage was getting cold and damp. A dream cottage became a nightmare for the tenant. This was the situation that The HEAT [...]
Improving home insulation and heating can help to improve health Two articles came across my computer screen this week which started me thinking. What are the connections between the work of The HEAT Project and the COVID 19 pandemic? The obvious answer is of course that they are both related to our treatment of the [...]
The homeowner care deeply about the environment and strive to live an eco friendly lifestyle The home owning couple have a traditional Edwardian cottage in Aberfeldy, Scotland. They are enthusiastic about leading an eco-friendly lifestyle. They came across the HEAT Project at the Aberfeldy Climate Cafe and asked for energy advice on how to reduce [...]
