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The Home Energy Scotland advice service – our customer feedback says it’s great!

At Home Energy Scotland we strive to deliver the best service for all our customers. A key part of this is gathering feedback through surveys from as many customers as possible, so we can see what’s working well, and keep improving experience of our services for customers. In June, 98% of our customers said the quality of…
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Home Energy Scotland’s Orkney partnership looks to a clean, green future

Orkney has been at the forefront of Scotland’s renewable energy revolution. Hundreds of small wind turbines dot the treeless landscapes, generating clean energy throughout this beautiful, windswept archipelago off the Caithness coast, where the North Atlantic meets the North Sea. So much energy is being generated that the islands’ electricity grid is at full capacity and…
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Congratulations to Scotland’s first water efficient village

Dunkeld and Birnam, with the support of a successful partnership between Scottish Water and Home Energy Scotland, have been crowned Scotland’s first water efficient village after collectively saving 1m litres of water in a year. The award is the first of its kind and was presented at the annual Birnam Highland Games by local MSP and Deputy…
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Cleaner Air for Scotland

Do your bit with help from Home Energy Scotland.
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Collaboration the key to our new milestone video

How would you celebrate your tenth anniversary? Find out how our Highlands and Islands advice centre celebrated their important milestone.
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Get on your eBike – Arran

Community organisation Arran Eco Savvy recently borrowed one of our step-through ebikes for a month so they could help locals (including staff) have a go and find out more about ebikes. Find out how they got on.
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Top five ways to make your tenement more efficient

Read our new blog and get the essential information you need to create a warm, energy efficient and sustainable home.
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Case Study: Creating a greener home

Imagine being able to use energy from the sun to create electricity, store it and make money from it while helping the environment in the process. Leon Gomez from Dundonald in Ayrshire recently did exactly that.
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