Recommendation 20

There needs to be national leadership from the Scottish Government in partnership with the UK Government to deliver this through a coherent delivery plan, for example a National Retrofit Strategy as proposed by witnesses. It may be that the Scottish Government's intended Heat in Buildings Strategy and Delivery Plan will meet this need. If so, this should include planning for:
An area-based approach which enables retrofitting to take place at scale using housing archetypes. This would in turn help reduce costs and enable local supply chains to be developed.
Retrofitting Scotland's significant proportion of tenement and flatted buildings.
Meeting the particular challenges in retrofitting rural properties.