Fife Council has announced it is to spend £2.6 million on making local homes warmer and more economically friendly.

Numerous projects will be undertaken to install energy saving measures across Fife. This is part of the Scottish Government's programme to tackle fuel poverty, whilst also increasing energy efficiency in homes.

The Council announced a variety of measures are to be undertaken to reduce heat loss from homes in an attempt to lower heating bills. This includes external, cavity wall and loft insulation. Figures show a third of all heat is lost from uninsulated homes by escaping through walls, while a quarter is lost through roofs.

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James is a resident of Dunfermline and has had external wall insulation installed in his home due to the Council's previous energy efficiency project in 2014. Recommending the project, he said: "If you're thinking about having insulation installed under a scheme like this, I'd say, 'Get the insulation fitted. It makes a big difference to the heating of your house.”

Alan Russell, a Senior Manager for the Housing Service said, “Fife Council is delighted to receive these funds from the Scottish Government, so that we can continue to improve the lives of people across Fife by making their homes warmer and cheaper to heat."

Mr Russell went on to mention his delight at working alongside the charity 'Changeworks', installing insulation in homes where residents are at risk of fuel poverty

Additionally Fife Council, who work in partnership with Home Energy Scotland, have made plans to operate area wide projects on tough cavity wall insulation. Work will be carried out if the property is higher than three stories, the cavity has been identified as narrow, or the installed insulation has suffered a failure.

(LM/CD)