Supply chain events

• Home Energy Scotland and Business Energy Scotland: Support for your customers – 22 June 2022. This webinar discussed the Home Energy Scotland and Business Energy Scotland advice networks and the services they can offer your customers including advice, funding and qualifying reports for Scottish Government funding schemes. Register to watch the recording and view the slides from this event.

• MCS: Heat pumps, standards, and becoming MCS certified – 25 May 2022. This webinar discussed the new MCS heat pump standards that separate design and installation and explain how exactly you can become MCS certified in Scotland. Register to watch the recording and view the slides from this session.

• Heat in Buildings Strategy: Challenges & opportunities for the supply chain – 4 May 2022. This webinar evaluated the impact that the Scottish Government’s Heat in Buildings Strategy will have on businesses working in the sustainable energy supply chain. It also presented the support available to customers through the Home Energy Scotland advice service. Register to watch the recording and view the slides from this session.

• Scottish Apprenticeships Advice Workshop – 20 April 2022. We ran a session in partnership with Skills Development Scotland (SDS) discussing the apprenticeship family in Scotland. Highlighting the differences in the apprenticeships on offer, the benefits of each & how they are funded as well as talking over those initiatives on offer. It also contained information on the free consultancy provided by SDS, Skills for Growth. Register to watch the recording and view the slides from this session.
• We ran a series of three webinars in partnership with ESP and local colleges to present the skills requirements, courses on offer, and funding available for upskilling in Scotland on three different technologies. See below the topics, slides, and recordings from these sessions:

Skills requirements for insulation (South Lanarkshire College) – 8 March 2022: Register to watch the recording and view the slides from this session.

Skills requirements for MVHR (Borders College & PAUL Heat Recovery Scotland) – 15 March, 2022: register to watch the recording and view the slides  from this session.

Skills requirements for heat pumps (West College Scotland) – 22 March, 2022: register to watch the recording and view the slides from this session.

• Heat Pump Installer Spotlight: Renewable Heat – 2 March 2022. We conducted a live interview with Barry Sharp, owner of Renewable Heat, a heap pump installation company based in Scotland. This event gave an insight into what it’s like to be a heat pump installer in Scotland, the current state of the industry and advice for businesses looking to move into the heat pump market. Register to watch the recording and view the slides from the event.
• Heat Pumps in Scotland: technical considerations – 15 February 2022. This webinar highlighted technical considerations for the heat pump supply chain in Scotland. Presenters included manufacturers of heat pumps, heat batteries, and an environmental charity. The webinar covers a wide range of topics such as heat pump sizing, hybrid systems, product innovation, and heat pump performance in Scotland. Register to watch the recording and view the slides from this event.

• MCS: Heat pumps, standards, and becoming MCS certified – 18 January 2022. This webinar focused on heat pumps and the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) in Scotland. It presented the Scottish Government’s Heat in Buildings Strategy, and the key role heat pumps will play in decarbonising Scotland’s buildings, the new MCS heat pump standards, MCS and umbrella schemes, how to become MCS certified, and funding to help businesses become MCS certified for heat pumps. Register to watch the recording and view the slides from this event.

• Heat in Buildings Strategy: What it means for Scottish Businesses within the heating sector – We ran a series of three webinars on the Scottish Government’s Heat in Buildings Strategy, each focused on a different area of Scotland and provided an update on what the strategy means for businesses within the heating sector. Also covered were skills and funding for installers, and the role of the Energy Efficiency Business Support Service and Home Energy Scotland in creating demand for low carbon technologies. See below for the slides and recordings of all three webinars:

Central Belt – 23 September, 2021: register to watch the recording and view the slides from this session.

Highlands & Islands – 13 October, 2021: register to watch the recording and view the slides from this session. 

Southern Scotland – 18 November, 2021: register to watch the recording and view the slides from this session. 

• Heat Pumps in Scotland: summary of  the Scottish Government’s ambitions and updates from industry – 24 March 2021
  Our latest webinar included discussion on the Scottish Government’s ambitions on heat pump deployment, barriers faced by industry and how to help shape the government’s approach.
• Webinar: Overview of proposals from Scottish Government’s skills consultation in support of the draft Heat in Building Strategy – 11 & 15 March 2021
  We held a webinar, on behalf of the Scottish Government, covering the key proposals highlighted by the consultation on the Scottish skills requirements for energy efficiency, zero emissions and low carbon heating systems, microgeneration, and heat networks.  We also held a webinar tailored for Scottish island supply chains as the Scottish Government were keen to understand what impact the skills requirements will have on the sector in these areas.
  Watch the island supply chain recording

• Webinar: Home Energy Scotland Loan – 10 December 2020
• PAS2035/30 Industry Workshops – 17 March 2020