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We have some great news. If you live in a Home Insulation Scheme area, we could help you stop wasting energy in your home, reduce your fuel bills and save money.

The Home Insulation Scheme is Scottish Government funded, local authority endorsed, and is delivered by the Energy Saving Trust. It is an area-based initiative that is offering energy saving advice and measures to designated areas of Scotland, and is also contributing towards meeting Scotland’s challenging targets for reducing carbon emissions and fuel poverty.

Households throughout Scotland have already benefited from the Home Insulation Scheme since it launched in November 2009, and it is now being extended to 90,000 more homes in 10 council areas including:

· Dundee – 8,437 homes in Strathmartine

· Angus – 13,577 homes in Arbroath

Teams of Home Energy Assessors will work their way across these areas from April 2010, taking a street-by-street, door-by-door approach. If your home is one of those to benefit from the scheme, you will be given prior notice of when Home Energy Assessors will be in your area. All Home Energy Assessors are Disclosure Scotland approved and easily identified through wearing a Home Insulation Scheme uniform and carrying an ID card.

What’s in it for you?

Home Energy Assessors can talk to you about:

· Loft top-up insulation free of charge if you already have 60mm or more, irrespective of the size of your loft

· Cavity wall insulation at a specially negotiated price or even free of charge to certain eligible householders*

· Loft insulation at a specially negotiated price or even free of charge to certain eligible householders*

· How to stop wasting energy in your home – the advice can save you up to £300 a year

· Lowering your fuel bills without switching supplier – that can save you up to £100 a year

· Your entitlement to pension credits, tax credits and other allowances – some people discover they could get up to £1,000 extra a year

· Additional support to install insulation, for example your loft cleared or scaffolding

· Extra help available through the Energy Assistance Package, such as draughtproofing, solid wall insulation or central heating – our energy advisor will check whether you might qualify

· Links to other initiatives and services which might also help you stop wasting energy and money, such as home renewables and eco-driving

*Private tenants and homeowners who get certain allowances are eligible to receive home insulation free of charge. Trained advisors can discuss the full qualifying conditions with you.

How can you find out more?

To find out more about the benefits of the scheme, and what to do next, visit www.homeinsulationscheme.co.uk You can also call free from a landline on 0800 512 012 to talk to an energy advisor at your local Energy Saving Scotland advice centre, or from a mobile on 0300 456 2655 to be charged at your local network rate.