When I was growing up, the sofa in our small living room had a summer place and a winter place. In winter, my mum moved the sofa six inches away from the radiator when she turned the heating on. Mum did to avoid blocking and absorbing the heat from...
9 Nov 2016 Lynne Sneddon Energy and fuel poverty
Home Energy Scotland* has a team of specialist advisors that can come and visit properties which are classed as ‘hard to treat’, helping people to increase the energy efficiency of their properties and keep the heat in.Ewan Fisher, Technical Manager...
4 Nov 2016 Lynne Sneddon Energy and fuel poverty
My definition of volunteering is time willingly given for the common good and without financial gain. So, you sign yourself up to do something in your precious free time and what do you get in return?I have had the pleasure of working with...
25 Oct 2016 Lynne Sneddon Waste
Changeworks is committed to reducing its carbon footprint. The organisation identified staff commuting to work as an area for improvement and tasked their Green Team to help make this happen. Chair of Changeworks’ Green Team, Drew Murphy, describes...
13 Oct 2016 Lynne Sneddon Carbon reduction, Corporate
Riddle me this. 13% of you just simply don’t have time to recycle. 50% of you can’t even remember getting any information on recycling at all. Only 54.8% of you are committed recyclers. Chances are you also enjoy a pint or two at your local. Who are...
16 Sep 2016 Lynne Sneddon Waste
Over the last few years I have seen behaviour change becoming increasingly discussed and acted upon across many of the organisations we work with. Stakeholders engaged with the low carbon agenda are more conscious of the need to understand the...
29 Aug 2016 Lynne Sneddon Energy and fuel poverty, Carbon reduction
Over the past few years, I’ve become increasingly aware of the careful planning required by Local Authorities to ensure their energy efficiency programmes realise their key objectives and targets. This is particularly relevant to the current Home...
22 Aug 2016 Lynne Sneddon Energy and fuel poverty
To coincide with the announcement of Scotland’s Energy Efficiency Programme pilots, which is expected any day now, Changeworks is developing a series of insight papers to inform the debate on how to best deliver the programme. We’ll publish these...
16 Aug 2016 Lynne Sneddon Energy and fuel poverty, Carbon reduction
Changeworks’ programme management team works with local authorities and housing associations to deliver projects to improve the energy efficiency of homes, reduce carbon and alleviate fuel poverty.The team is currently working with five local...
9 Aug 2016 Lynne Sneddon Energy and fuel poverty
Shona Scott joined Changeworks as a researcher intern in January 2016. Shona’s internship ends next month. Find out from Shona about her experience with us, before she heads off to London for new adventures. Hello, my name is Shona and I am...
17 Jun 2016 Lynne Sneddon Energy and fuel poverty, Corporate
