Energy Efficient Scotland: Area Based Schemes

Changeworks has been delivering EES:ABS – the Scottish government’s flagship energy efficiency scheme – since it began.

A man wearing a high vis vest on the roof of a house installing solar panels.

Contact our team today to find out how we can help you deliver Area Based Schemes.

We are the largest delivery agent of Energy Efficient Scotland: Area Based Schemes (EES:ABS). By working with local authorities across Scotland, we are able to help deliver energy efficiency measures at scale across a range of tenures.

Our current Area Based Schemes local authority partnerships include:

Our service provision when delivering Area Based Schemes across Scotland include:

Application writing
Project management/commercial management
Procurement
Marketing and engagement
Monitoring and evaluation
Quality assurance

To meet net zero targets, we’ve expanded our experience of project-managing insulation schemes to include the latest decarbonisation technology.

By combining solar panels and air source heat pumps with insulation measures, we’ve helped thousands of people live in homes that are warmer, greener, and less likely to push them into fuel poverty.

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Case study

Houses in Fife with Firth of Forth in foreground

Evaluating Fife Council’s multi-measure retrofit project

‘Don’t throw the letter in the bin!’

Outside view of a tenement flat with sash windows

‘In the winter, I would only heat one room’

An installer in a high vis orange jacket and white hard hat on a scaffold. They are adding external wall insulation to a house.

Evaluating Midlothian Council’s External Wall Insulation project

An air source heat pump surrounded by foliage

Plug-in heater out, heat pump in for Borders couple

Evaluating Aberdeen City Council’s External Wall Insulation project

Evaluating Moray Council’s multi-measure ABS project

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Strategy and programme development

We can take you on the full decarbonisation strategy journey, from data analysis of housing stock through to the delivery of retrofit projects.

Project delivery and management

Changeworks will support every step of your journey to energy efficient housing, from developing a strategy to assessing the work’s impact.

Community engagement and energy advice services

We have a team of experts designing and delivering community engagement and energy advice services for a range of public, private and third sector partners. 

Research and impact evaluation

Our tailored approach to research and impact evaluation will help you to discover impactful and effective learnings and get the most out of your energy efficiency projects.

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As we all work towards the Scottish Government’s 2045 net zero target, Changeworks has the expertise to offer a range of services and support on low-carbon solutions.

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Get in touch to find out more about how Changeworks can help you and your organisation become more energy efficient.