LHEES capacity building workshops

01 – Orientation Workshop – Getting started, recorded 26/04/2023

This workshop provides an overview of what are Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies, the Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies (Scotland) Order 2022, the LHEES Guidance and LHEES Methodology.

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02 – Stakeholder Engagement – toolkit and guidance, recorded 04/05/2023

This workshop provides an overview of stakeholder engagement toolkit and guidance produced for facilitating a workshop with stakeholders. It also outlines stakeholder engagement templates provided to support stakeholder engagement activity.

A PDF of the slides used within this workshop:

The toolkit, guidance and templates referenced in the workshop: 

03 – National and Local Strategies, Priorities and Targets, recorded 05/05/2023

This workshop provides an overview of resources that summaries national policy, a toolkit for reviewing of local and regional policy and directions for local policy setting.

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Resources regarding national and local strategies, priorities and targets:

04 – Methodology Stages 1-3, recorded 28/10/2021

Note this workshop was recorded in 2021 using V03 of the LHEES Methodology (dated September 2021). This workshop covers the first three stages of LHEES. Recordings of this workshop are split into three parts. 

Part 1 – overview of Stage 1: Policy and strategy review and Stage 2 – Data and tools library.

Part 2 – overview of Stage 3 – Strategic zoning and pathways with a run through of the baseline tool.

Part 3 – Visualisation of outputs – map creation from Stage 3.

A PDF of the slides used, and the questions raised during this workshop are also given.

Note this workshop was recorded in 2021 using V03 of the LHEES Methodology (dated September 2021). This workshop covers stage 4 of LHEES with a specific focus on non-heat network priorities. Recording of this workshop are split into two parts. 

Part 1 – Overview of stage 4 and the non-heat network priorities including a walkthrough of the Off-gas grid priority.

Part 2 – Walkthrough of the other priorities including Poor building energy efficiency and Poor building energy efficiency as a driver for fuel poverty and Mixed-tenure, mixed-use and historic buildings.

A PDF of the slides used, and the questions raised during this workshop are also given.

This workshop covers stage 4 of LHEES with a specific focus on the heat networks approach. The recording of this workshop contains content from a workshop held in 2021 and a follow up workshop held in 2023. With 2023 content covering the updates to the Heat Network Approach that occurred between V03 and V04 of the LHEES Methodology.

PDF  of slides used within this workshop coming soon.

07 – Non-Domestic Approach, recorded 27/04/2023

This workshop provides an overview and demonstration of the Non-Domestic Analysis Detailed Practitioner Approach issued in 2022.

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08 – LHEES Data Forum, recorded 02/03/2023

This workshop covers data and data sharing principles involved with the preparation of an LHEES. With contribution from Scottish Government on sharing core data sets, Ordnance Survey on sharing OS data through the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA), Energy Savings Trust on Home Analytics and the Portfolio Energy Analysis Tool (PEAT) plus a question-and-answer session.

A PDF of the slides used with links to content referenced during the workshop is also provided.

09 – QGIS demonstration, recorded 28/04/2023

This workshop provides demonstrations of how to perform the GIS functions referred to in the LHEES Methodology using QGIS as the platform.

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10 – Heat Network Zone Summary (Falkirk x1 zone) – QGIS demonstration, recorded 02/06/2023

This workshop provides demonstrations of how to complete the ‘Heat Network Zone Summary’ table in excel for one potential heat network zone identified in Falkirk using QGIS as the platform.

11 – Waste water heat extraction – Scottish Water, recorded 09/08/2023 

This workshop provides an introduction and overview to the Waste Water heat extraction opportunities app. Developed by Scottish Water to assist local authorities identify waste water infrastructure that may be suitable as a source of low carbon heat. At 22mins the Scottish Water GIS Extranet – Licence for use & Declaration was also mentioned.  

12 – Strategy Support, recorded 27/07/2023 and 02/08/2023

These two workshops focus on the development of the Strategy document in light of the LHEES Guidance and outputs generated from stages 3 and 4.

PDFs of the slides used across both of these workshops:

13 – Delivery Plan Support, recorded 18/09/2023 and 27/09/2023

These two workshops focus on the Delivery Plan with Part 1 looking at the creation of the Delivery Plan and Part 2 looking at a framework for Delivery Area identification and also considerations relating to onward project development and delivery once the Delivery Plan has been published.

A PDF of the slides used for each of these workshops: