Energy Planning – an Update from Scotland September 2018 Energy Planning – an Update from Scotland Calum Robertson Project Manager – Energy & Low Carbon Heat zerowastescotland.org.uk @zerowastescot
Our Work
ZWS Energy & Low Carbon Heat Team Strategy Technical Industrial Decarbonisation
Policy Context Heat Policy Statement (2015) Scottish Planning Policy Energy Efficient Scotland (EES) Programme (2018) Local Heat & Energy Efficiency Strategies (LHEES)
What is an LHEES? Local authorities (LAs) statutory duty to create region-wide LHEES covering 15-20 year period. Assessment of existing local and national strategies / data collation & integration Assessment of energy efficiency (EE) and heat supply for current building stock Target setting Opportunity identification, including socio-economic assessment of potential solutions Prioritisation and zoning of areas Costing and phasing of delivery programmes National delivery mechanism to support delivery of LHEES and EES.
Pilot Studies Pilot studies underway to test approaches & build capacity 12 (Aug 2017) + 5 (Jun 2018) Examples – LHEES for off-gas grid village in Dumfries and Galloway Socio-economic assessment of decarbonisation scenarios in North Lanarkshire Will build the evidence base for legislation.
Some Challenges Data Availability, quality, access, sharing, integration Resources Delivery structures Socio-economic analysis Price of gas Despite the challenges, local planning for heat decarbonisation is essential to meeting long-term targets to 2050.
Place and Planning Discussion Areas (UK) Examples of more detailed integration of Energy within Planning system (GLA) Examples of planning for decarbonisation of the existing built environment – retrofit work planning Resources & support at UK-level – what works well / gaps Project / programme successes