Contractor Turner FM is to begin a homes energy efficiency programme in Dundee.

The scheme is part of the council's investment in upgrading the energy efficiency of homes in the city. The phase will see properties in Wester Clepington, Fairbairn Street, Arklay Street and Wolseley Street provided with external wall insulation.

Over £25 million has been spent on the programme in the past three years, with a further £3 million in the pipeline. SSE are project managing the programme on behalf of the council.

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John Alexander convener of the council's neighbourhood services committee, said: "With funding coming from the council, Home Energy Efficiency Programme Scotland (HEEPS) and Energy Company Obligation (ECO) from the utility companies we are more than half way towards completing our target before the 2020 deadline.

"This programme has installed insulation at almost 2,000 homes giving their tenants and owner occupiers more fuel efficient, warmer and easier to heat homes and the next phase will bring those benefits to almost 800 more in this financial year."

Other ongoing progammes include heating replacement, in particular where an electric heating system is being replaced by energy efficient gas central heating and roof replacement providing enhanced levels of insulation.

(LM/CD)