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Award of Qualitative Research on Domestic Property Owners' Attitudes to Zero Direct Emissions Heating

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Value£28,641.00

SupplierEnergy Saving Trust Ltd

AgencyThe Scottish Government

RegionScotland

CategoryResearch & Development

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The Scottish Government awarded a contract to Energy Saving Trust Ltd for qualitative research on domestic property owners' attitudes towards policy measures to scale up energy efficiency and zero direct emissions heating in domestic properties across Scotland.

The research supports policy development and stress-tests approaches to the delivery of the Scottish Government Heat in Buildings Programme, which aims for homes and buildings to be cleaner, greener, and easy to heat by 2045.

This contract covers Part Two (Phases 3 and 4) of the research project, building on insights from Part One (Phases 1 and 2), which will be made available to the successful tenderer at project inception.

The contract value is £28,641.

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