Transition Linlithgow

Transition Linlithgow speaking at our energy event

Started with a few households insulating their houses and there was a ripple effect from that. After they got some funding from CCF they did some training and had 70 households participating in the project. A cross section of types of houseing in the area.

Getting in to an attic can be a challenge, some people have 10-20 years of life up there or more, some have turned them into rooms, not an easy task to fit into a government scheme - no one size fits all.

Its an ambitious project and the dream is now to encourage 1000 homes to be more energy efficient.

They take a sensitive approach and they arrange a letter to the area they are working in first so people know to expect a call. This is not cold calling but seen as a helpful service in the area.

Gathering data is hard work and the key is to understand the motivations for people to make carbon changes in their life.

More work needs to be done to make our homes fit for a low energy future in 2020 and beyond.