An external insulation scheme in Dundee has won an accolade at the Energy Efficiency and Retrofit Awards.

Dundee City Council, working with SSE, contractors Turner Housing and Energy, and suppliers Alsecco UK, scooped the insulation and fabric installer of the year prize.

Over the past two years, external insulation has been successfully installed at more than 600 homes at Lawton, Graham Street, Arklay Street, Hilltown and Clepington Road areas.

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Several thousand pounds of work is carried out to each block and paid for by money from the Scottish Government and SSE at no cost to the tenant or homeowner.

John Alexander convener of the council's neighbourhood services committee, said: "This trophy gives national recognition to a scheme that has been popular with householders for the amount of money and energy it has saved them.

"The external wall insulation programme has not only brought with it financial benefits to residents it has also improved the local environment."

(LM/JP)