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Scotland's Draft Climate Change Plan – 2026-2040
This draft Climate Change Plan includes the policies and proposals that Scotland needs to end our contribution to increasing global emissions and deliver real benefits for people across Scotland – warmer homes, better air quality, and the health benefits of active travel – to support people in our communities to live longer, healthier, more fulfilling lives.
You’re invited to share your views on the Plan by responding to this consultation. You’re welcome to contribute as an individual or on behalf of an organisation. Feel free to answer as many or as few questions as you wish – every response will be considered by the Scottish Government. They are seeking consultation responses by 29th January.
Heat in buildings: future plans
The Cabinet Secretary for Housing made a statement to the Scottish Parliament on 18 November 2025 about the draft Buildings (Heating and Energy Performance) and Heat Networks (Scotland Bill). She set out that the draft Bill would support the decarbonisation of heat in buildings (moving away from fossil fuel heating like gas boilers).
Scaling retrofit innovation with GreenFlip
With millions of UK homes still cold, inefficient and expensive to heat, decarbonisation is stuck at just 1% annually. GreenFlip founders – Amandeep Singh Kalra and Thomas Quiroga – are out to change the economics of retrofit.
GreenFlip joined Cohort 7 of the Geovation Scotland accelerator with their AI-powered platform that analyses housing stock, identifies properties with the highest retrofit potential and packages them into investable portfolios. This gives asset managers, housing associations and others involved in property greater clarity of the options available to them. This in turn reduces associated risks, drive decarbonisation and delivers benefits to both residents and investors alike. By integrating geospatial data from Ordnance Survey and land and property data from Registers of Scotland, GreenFlip is building a scalable solution that turns retrofit from a fragmented process into a strategic investment opportunity. Their goals during the Geovation Scotland accelerator are many – launch an Minimum Viable Product (MVP), secure pilot customers and raise a pre-seed round.
Domestic Retrofit Workforce Analysis
This analysis is a collaboration between CITB and the Climate Change Committee (CCC). It uses the CITB’s Net Zero Modelling tool to assess the implications of the CCC’s Seventh Carbon Budget Advice for the domestic retrofit workforce. The Balanced Pathway is what the CCC consider to be an ambitious, deliverable pathway based on the latest evidence and data. It represents their assessment of the best path to reach Net Zero by 2050 for Scotland.
The Balanced Pathway provides the number of interventions (energy efficiency or low carbon heat measures) to be installed in existing domestic buildings annually from now until 2050. The CITB Net Zero Modelling tool converts this into the number of workers needed to deliver the work.
Low Carbon Passport - new dates in January
The Low Carbon Passport is a first-of-its-kind, accredited training programme equipping 1,200 construction professionals with essential low carbon skills.
Delivered by BE-ST in partnership with Balfour Beatty and funded by the CITB Industry Impact Fund, it addresses critical industry gaps to meet Scotland’s Net Zero targets.
Developed with leading technical contributors and major contractors, the course supports both the existing workforce and new entrants, ensuring high-quality, energy-efficient buildings across the built environment.
Support
DESNZ are exploring the role of alternative clean heating solutions.
The UK Government has launched a consultation on the role of alternative heat technologies. Acknowledging that while heat pumps and heat networks will provide decarbonised heat in many buildings, there will be situations where they are not suitable and consumers in all sorts of buildings will want further options. DESNZ wants to better understand what alternative technologies are available across different types of domestic and non-domestic properties.
Further details on the consultation can be found here.
Closing date is 10 February 2026.
Calling Scottish Energy Supply Chain Companies
The UAE Energy Transition Business Hub is a 12-month programme to help you access export opportunities, build partnerships, and showcase your solutions in the UAE’s fast-growing clean energy market. What’s on offer?
Networking with UAE stakeholders & UK peers
Market intelligence & regulatory support
Workshops, site visits & major event exposure
Help with legal, tax, and logistics
Who should apply?
Scottish companies in renewables, CCUS, hydrogen, and clean energy looking to grow internationally. Further information on the programme.
Express your interest by 12 December here.
Events
High Temperature Heat Pump Symposium
21 January 2026 | Bella Sky Conference Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark
The High-Temperature Heat Pump (HTHP) Symposium 2026 will bring together leading experts from industry, research, and policy to explore the latest developments in high-temperature heat pumps and their role in industrial decarbonisation. Hosted at the Bella Sky Conference Centre in Copenhagen, this two-day international event will feature presentations on technology innovation, case studies from across Europe, and discussions on accelerating the transition to sustainable process heating. Participants will have the opportunity to exchange experiences, discover new solutions, and network with professionals shaping the future of clean industrial heat.
Catch up
Financing Heat Networks: Insights from Current Projects
Understanding how delivery models are supported through capital funding, revenue stacking, and risk-sharing arrangements.
This event explored delivery models for heat networks across Scotland — from large urban district heating schemes to community- and shared heat systems. Featuring real-world case studies, policy insights, and panel discussions, the session aims to share lessons, challenges, and innovation pathways with key stakeholders. For the full slides, download from our website.
HeatSource Champion News
Connected Response Ltd wins award
We’re thrilled for Kenny Cameron, Managing Director of Connected Response Ltd, who won the coveted Lifetime Achievement Award at Energy Action Scotland Fuel Poverty Awards. EAS Chief Executive Frazer Scott FRSA recognised the contribution Kenny has made to innovation and ground breaking work that’s helped make a real difference to people’s lives.
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Heat Network Support Unit Newsletter
The Heat Network Support Unit (HNSU) supports the growth of heat networks by addressing key challenges in the pre-capital stages of heat network development and building capacity across the public sector to deliver successful projects. Sign up here.
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