09 February 2024, Starts: 09:30, Ends: 16:00

Friday 9 February   9.30 - 4.00     online

The Healthy Homes conference will present the findings from an ambitious community survey of home condition and energy use in Skye, Raasay and Lochalsh, on the northwest coast of Scotland.

Our homes have to cope with a wet and windy climate, are poorly insulated, suffer from damp and are hard to keep warm. Poor housing condition contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and affects health and well-being. The situation is made worse by high fuel poverty, high energy costs and lack of builders to carry out home improvements.

Our Healthy Homes survey documents the problems experienced by 426 households. It reveals the interlinked barriers to upgrading and retrofitting homes in our area and proposes ways forward that are geared to our local situation.

The conference will bring together local residents, community groups, specialists in home energy and community-based retrofitting, agencies and policy makers. Together, we will share experience and look at potential actions to unblock the barriers hindering our residents from making their homes more energy efficient, healthy and comfortable to live in.

Update 20 January - More information about the conference, including a detailed programme, is available in this  update  from Skye Climate Action.
 

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Read the Healthy Homes survey report

Full report                2 page summary