Agenda item

“Committee:

1.    Notes current restrictions on installing uPVC windows in Edinburgh, particularly in conservation areas

2.    Notes changes to material in manufacturing uPVC windows and changes in the end of life implications for uPVC window materials

3.    Notes the increasing importance in the contribution to home warmth and efficiency of windows

4.    Notes the sustained high differential cost between timber and uPVC windows

5.    Notes the impacts of costs in preventing greater home efficiency

6.    Instructs a report examining the above and related issues to update the Committee on whether changes in the current standards is appropriate.”