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… ways of reducing costs and carbon emissions simultaneously. Typical energy efficiency measures include retrofitting properties with better insulation, installing more efficient space and water heating systems, controls and energy management systems. Climate Fife projects will increase the energy efficiency of Fife’s buildings, assets and infrastructure to reduce energy consumption, associated…

… society more broadly. All aspects of day to day life will need to change from:  How we heat and power our homes;  Where and how we build;  Settlement patterns and how we move around;  Investment decisions and budget-setting;  The type of industry and businesses that will thrive;  Jobs and skills;  Consumption patterns and waste management;  What we eat; and  How we use land. Fife…

… Efficient Scotland Programme (a 15 to 20-year programme to transform the energy efficiency and heating of Scotland’s buildings so that, wherever technically feasible, and practical, buildings are near zero carbon by 2035). Given that the replacement rate for Fife’s buildings is less than 1% a year, and that older properties tend to be leaky, draughty, costly to heat and inefficient – the challenge…

… to decarbonise Fife’s existing building stock in the next 15 years is considerable. Low carbon energy Under the low carbon energy programme, Climate Fife projects seek to decarbonise the heat and power generated and used in Fife. Generating energy locally will create jobs and support the local economy. Generating more electricity locally via biomass, wind, wave, hydro and solar power, will reduce…

… transmission and distribution losses compared to the current generation and transmission system. Generating heat locally will allow Fife to make the best use of local resources whether that be heat from biomass, (including wood, energy crops and agricultural waste products); heat from air-source, water-source and ground-source heat pumps or using waste heat from industrial processes. Scotland has…