1. Why Consider Minimum Standards of Energy Efficiency in Housing? Andrew Faulk Consumer Focus Scotland

2. Energy efficiency of housing has improved

3. But not enough to offset prices and address fuel poverty Number of Households 1996 - 738,000 2002 - 293,000 2009 - 770,000 2011 – 850,000

4. Fuel Poverty among NHER poor households = 65%+ ‘I actually got our council tax rating downgraded after the council officer visited and I explained that there was no double glazing...’ ‘...there was no insulation at all either in the walls (an old stone building with new interior walls) or in the loft areas...’ ‘...there was electric storage heating which was 20 years old and was stone cold by five in the evening, leaving us with a coal / wood fire which smoked the place out and most of the heat went up the chimney’