Glasgow City Council has received a £6.845 million award to improve energy efficiency in homes.

Homes in Kempsthorn (Pollok), Craigend (Easterhouse) and Barmulloch are benefiting from the work being carried out through the Energy Efficient Scotland Area Based Schemes (EES:ABS) programme.  

The programme provides funding to assist owner-occupiers and private rented households, who are in or at risk of fuel poverty, to install energy efficiency measures.

These measures, mainly external wall insulation, help reduce energy usage and costs, enabling eligible households to improve their homes' energy performance to achieve an EPC rating of C or better by 2030.

The scheme targets fuel-poor households in areas within the lowest 25 per cent of the Scottish Index Multiple Deprivation (2020).

It also targets those in council tax bands A-C, and band D under certain conditions, who have missed out on investment programmes, and those living with vulnerable conditions to the cold.

People living in the homes are pleased with the outcome of the work.

One resident from Kempsthorn, said: "I have hardly had my heating on.

"I pay for mine every month and I have not had a big bill since the work has been done."

The council is working with the Scottish Government to explore ways to accelerate delivery and increase the number of homes receiving energy efficiency measures.

Councillor Ruairi Kelly, convener for Housing at Glasgow City Council, said: “The measures delivered through this programme are making homes in Glasgow more energy efficient, helping people and families with their energy bills, and reducing emissions. 

"The continued funding of the programme will spread these benefits to even more households in the city.”