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Research installing renewables with Home Renewables Selector

If you’ve been thinking about installing renewables at home and you’re stuck indoors at the moment, now’s the perfect time to do your research!
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Top tips for saving energy when you’re stuck at home

Whether you’re self-isolating, working from home, or getting to grips with home-schooling duties, follow these tips to ease the pressure on your finances.
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More support for homes with electric heating

Households with electric heating are now being offered even more advice and support when they contact Home Energy Scotland.
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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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