By Aquatera Ltd

Do you live in Orkney? Take part in the Orkney Household Energy Survey and share to your family and friends too! You can find it here: surveymonkey.com/r/XY5756M

You’ll be helping to build understanding of energy use, fuel poverty and decarbonisation in Orkney – and you have the chance of winning a £50 Kirkwall Bid voucher!

Five years ago the first Household Energy Survey was undertaken in Orkney and created a benchmark for understanding household energy use, fuel poverty, attitudes and affordability of adopting new technology, and measuring decarbonisation in Orkney over time. There were more than 2000 responses and these were integral to the development of a number of decarbonisation projects in Orkney, along with Orkney Islands Council’s Fuel Poverty Strategy.

The 2019 survey was conducted as part of the ReFLEX Orkney project, funded by Innovate UK, who are also funding the 2024 survey that is being run this time through the Rural Energy Hubs project. The project Partners Aquatera, European Marine Energy Centre – EMEC, Community Energy Scotland, Orkney Islands Council and Shetland Islands Council are working to accelerate decarbonisation in rural and island communities.

Now we’re asking Orkney households to complete an updated version of the survey to gauge energy usage across the Isles, identify areas where households are potentially struggling with energy costs or need advice, and compare results from the previous survey. This data will help design programmes for decarbonisation over the next 5 years, with the aim that the survey will be repeated every 4-5 years in future.

Closing date 1st Nov 24