A £500 council tax rebate should be introduced for householders who install energy efficiency measures into their homes, Citizens Advice Scotland is to tell the Scottish Government. The payment would be made to home owners who introduced measures such as insulation or double glazing to their properties in a bid to increase energy efficiency – within a year after the upgrades took place – according to the report, which is due to be published tomorrow. The study into Scotland’s Energy Efficiency Programme (Seep) by the watchdog’s Consumer Futures Unit, also said that measures to encourage homeowners to upgrade energy efficiency needed to be brought in quickly – or risk householders who could currently afford such measures reaching retirement age, when they will potentially be classed as being in fuel poverty – and would require a subsidy from government.
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