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Evidence on tackling hard to treat properties [electronic resource]

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: Edinburgh Scottish Government 2008ISBN:
  • 9780755972623
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 333.333 $2 18
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Partial contents:
Executive summary -- Summary of recommendations for Hard to Treat properties -- Introduction -- Background: definition of Hard to Treat properties; Hard to Treat properties in the Scottish Housing Stock -- Options for treating Hard to Treat properties: solid wall properties; tenements; high rise properties; timber frame properties pre-1982; properties with flat roofs; properties with mansard roofs; Park Homes and residential mobile homes -- Improvements applicable to most or all Hard to Treat properties: insulation; windows and glazing; heating systems and controls; lighting and appliances; Smart Meters; CHP and renewable energy -- Summary of new research into options for improving Hard to Treat properties: innovative advanced surface treatments; non-wall technological research; measuring, modelling, mapping and managing energy consumption by Scottish households -- Recommendations for Hard to Treat properties -- Conclusions
Summary: Prepared to inform the discussions being carried out by the Scottish Fuel Poverty Forum, this report examines the different types of property which are defined as 'Hard to Treat', and examines ways in which they can be improved in order to make them more fuel efficient.
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Executive summary -- Summary of recommendations for Hard to Treat properties -- Introduction -- Background: definition of Hard to Treat properties; Hard to Treat properties in the Scottish Housing Stock -- Options for treating Hard to Treat properties: solid wall properties; tenements; high rise properties; timber frame properties pre-1982; properties with flat roofs; properties with mansard roofs; Park Homes and residential mobile homes -- Improvements applicable to most or all Hard to Treat properties: insulation; windows and glazing; heating systems and controls; lighting and appliances; Smart Meters; CHP and renewable energy -- Summary of new research into options for improving Hard to Treat properties: innovative advanced surface treatments; non-wall technological research; measuring, modelling, mapping and managing energy consumption by Scottish households -- Recommendations for Hard to Treat properties -- Conclusions

Prepared to inform the discussions being carried out by the Scottish Fuel Poverty Forum, this report examines the different types of property which are defined as 'Hard to Treat', and examines ways in which they can be improved in order to make them more fuel efficient.