Over £4million funding has been approved to make over 770 households in Glasgow more energy-efficient.

The Scottish Government's Home Energy Efficiency Programme for Scotland: Area Based Schemes (HEEPS: ABS) was introduced in 2013, and is an area-based approach to deliver insulation measures to owner occupied and private landlord owned properties.

The programme's objectives are to upgrade housing stock; tackle fuel poverty, reduce carbon emissions, lever in Energy Company Obligation funding, support the local economy and sustainable local economic development.

A total of 11 projects have been identified in Glasgow to benefit from the funding, in areas which:

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• feature non-traditional or hard to treat house types

• have missed out on GHA's investment programme

• are in the lowest Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation(SIMD) or

• are in Council Tax Band A-C and Tax Band D, in certain conditions

The funding will also give owner-occupiers who live in mixed-tenure blocks the chance to participant in improvement schemes carried out by Registered Social Landlords, and allows the council to deliver projects in wholly-owned private schemes - particularly those with non-traditional type housing.

HEEPS: ABS is funded from the Scottish Government and is delivered by local authorities.

Councillor Kenny McLean, City Convener for Neighbourhoods, Housing and Public Realm, said: "Making homes in Glasgow more energy-efficient is good for the city in a number of ways: it helps those who are struggling to pay energy bills, reduces energy use, benefits the environment, and contributes to tackling climate change. The funding we have approved today expands the number of homes which have benefited from these measures, and I look forward to the scheme continuing this very important work."