Energy inefficiency should be seen as an offence akin to drink driving, one environmental expert has said.
Dr Richard Dixon, director of environmental organisation WWF Scotland, has suggested that measures need to be taken to ensure cavity wall
insulation and other energy-saving measures are installed in homes.
Speaking to the Scotsman, he said that failing to install energy-efficient methods is "as antisocial as drink driving".
"I think it should be a crime to be wasting energy. It's clearly a moral crime against the climate and I think we should be having a discussion about whether it should become an actual crime."
Dr Dixon was speaking after the Scottish government announced a new delay to its energy-efficiency action plan.
He added that making
insulation and others methods, such as energy-saving light bulbs, compulsory would be beneficial.
Homeowners in England can take advantage of the government's Warm Front scheme to gain grants to install
insulation and other systems to help cut heating bills and save energy.
