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What is the UK Green Deal Scheme?

Green deal news: The Green Deal Scheme has now launched!(

Free ECO assessment for new boiler, solid wall insulation, hard to treat cavity wall insulation or loft insulation if your live in Scotland and have a G or ML postcode and in receipt of certain benefits - CLICK HERE to register

The Green Deal scheme is a UK Government backed scheme aimed at allowing households, businesses, landlords and tenants to access finance of approx. £10,000, to upgrade their properties with energy saving improvements at little or NO UPFRONT COST.  Energy saving improvements such as cavity wall insulation, loft insulation, solid wall insulation, new condensing boilers, new glazing, solar panels, draught proofing, floor insulation amongst many others. The Green Deal scheme is NOT means tested. For more Green Deal news please see below.

Paying back the Green Deal Finance will be made, via your electricity bill, by the saving you have made by lowering energy bills by having improvements made to your property.  You should never have to pay back more than what it has cost to install the improvements - this is known as The Golden Rule.  Green Deal Fianance is NOT a charge on your property and not a charge on you.  The Green Deal Finance stays as a charge on your electricity bill. For more Green Deal news please see info below:

How Do I apply for the Green Deal Scheme?

Step 1:

Step 1 is to request a Green Deal Assessment* of your property to see what energy efficient improvements it may gain from. A Green Deal Advisor / Green Deal Assessor is said to perform an assessment of your property at not upfront cost (please always check if there will be a charge), give you impartial Green Deal Advice and produce your taylor-made Green Deal Plan, which will show potential savings per improvement made (always check with every company of there will be any up-front costs)Please CLICK HERE to register for your Green Deal Assessment*

Step 2:

Step 2: After you have had your Green Deal Assessment and your Green Deal Report has been produced you can go to a Green Deal Provider for your Green Deal Finance. You can choose your own Green Deal Provider - shop around for the best interest rates, the best incentives and the best deal. Your Green Deal Provider will explain all about the finance and how it will be repaid via your electricity bill

Please CLICK HERE to obtain no obligation quotes from Green Deal Providers

Step 3:

Step 3: After your Green Deal Finance has been put in place you can select your own Green Deal Installers - again, shop around for the best deals and incentives - different Green Deal Installers may offer you more.  You can also stick with the Green Deal Provider's recommended Green Deal Installers if you prefer. Your Green Deal Provider is responsible for paying your Green Deal Installer directly for all your improvements

Please CLICK HERE to obtain no obligation quotes from various Green Deal Installers

For a more indepth Green Deal information please CLICK HERE

Do you want to become a Green Deal Advisor or Green Deal Installer? Please CLICK HERE for Green Deal Training information

* = due to the phasing of the UK Green Deal Scheme your Green Deal Assessment may not be performed until end June

"Green Deal Framework on track for October"- 24 July 2012

Green Deal News Press Release:

The underpinning framework for the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation (ECO) passed another milestone yesterday, 23 July, as the secondary legislation was approved by the House of Lords - keeping us on track to Framework completion by October.

In our consultation response, on 11 June, we confirmed Government's intention to introduce the Green Deal through supporting a responsible and controlled approach with full national systems testing. This is to ensure the market has the opportunity to build steadily.

From 8th August the Green Deal Oversight and Registration Body will begin registering assessors, providers and installers. Ahead of the opening of the Register of Green Deal Participants, we will publish the Green Deal Provider Authorisation Guidance – essential reading for potential Green Deal providers on what they need to do to become established and authorised in that role.

From October authorised and accredited assessors will be able to begin operating so consumers will be ready to complete a Green Deal Plan at the end of January, when the relevant parts of the framework regulations come into effect.

Green Deal authorised installers will be able to complete work for consumers prior to the end of January if paid for upfront or wholly supported by the Energy Company Obligation. We expect the number of Green Deal offers available to build from there as more providers enter the market.

Also in October ECO begins, enabling energy companies and others to start delivering energy efficiency and heating measures.

Framework on track for October - look out for forthcoming summer announcements

HECA – we are revitalising the Home Energy Conservation Act requiring all English local authorities to report on proposed energy conservation measures to improve the energy efficiency of their residential accommodation – bearing in mind that the Green Deal can enable them to achieve this. We will shortly publish guidance to local authorities on the requirements and how they might consider framing their local priorities and ambitions – they are best placed to know the needs of their local residents, businesses and areas.

And continuing to ensure that Green Deal participants have the guidance they need to get going and to meet the needs of the programme, DECC is pleased to be supporting a project led by the Centre for Sustainable Energy to produce an interactive pack for community groups and others to enable them to prepare for and make the best of the opportunities presented by the Green Deal. The pack will provide robust guidance for communities on getting the best from the Green Deal in their area, including understanding the local housing stock and the opportunities for improvement; defining the options available in their locality, given the skills, resources and experience available within it; negotiating with Green Deal Providers and other parts of the Green Deal supply chain, and engaging local people in a refurbishment scheme.

Green Deal Secondary Legislation – 2 July 2012

On Monday 2 July secondary legislation was passed by the House of Commons and will be in front of the Lords on 23 July.

This is a significant milestone. With the legislation almost in place Green Deal and ECO are into delivery phase.

We have listened to the clear message from stakeholders that a managed, tested and careful introduction of the Green Deal is necessary right to ensure successful full scale delivery. This fits exactly with our objective of a Green Deal that provides an excellent customer experience from the start and a market where a range of new players can readily participate.

The completed Green Deal and ECO Framework will allow the market to come into existence – though it will of course be up to companies to decide when and how to enter. We will continue to work with delivery partners to start the Green Deal with an early period of focussed testing which will build into a national roll out.

Last month we published the response to the public consultation and continue to build the Green Deal Framework. On June 14th we announced that Gemserv, in partnership with REAL will operate the Green Deal Oversight and Registration Body. The new body will oversee the Green Deal standards and ensure our frameworks deliver. It will begin registering and authorising advisors, installers and providers from early August – and there will be no fees for registration in the first two years. 'The Ombudsman Service' will operate as the Green Deal Ombudsmen and Investigation Body.

The Green Deal Code of Practice was laid in Parliament on Thursday 28 June and supplements secondary legislation. The requirements set out in the Code are designed to ensure that all Green Deal Participants and Certification Bodies operate fairly and transparently; deliver good customer service; have adequate levels of training; and provide appropriate redress mechanisms for customers. Green Deal Participants and Certification Bodies must abide by the conditions set out in the Code in order to operate in the Green Deal, and this will be monitored by the Oversight and Registration Body.

From October, Green Deal assessors will be able to complete assessments and providers will be able use the assessment to issue quotes so consumers will be ready to complete a Green Deal plan at the end of January, when the relevant parts of the framework regulations come into effect.

Green Deal authorised installers will be able to complete work for consumers prior to the end of January if paid for upfront or wholly supported by the Energy Company Obligation. We expect the number of offers available to build from there as more providers enter the market.

• The Draft Code of Practice can be found on the DECC website
• The Explanatory Memorandum can be found of the DECC website

SME GREEN DEAL ROUNDTABLE: 20 JUNE 2012

A new group tasked with looking at how to deliver business models that enable SMEs and micro businesses to get involved in delivering the energy efficiency measures available under the Green Deal has met for the first time on Wednesday.

The “Roundtable on SME-led Green Deal models” is being co-convened by the Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP, Honorary President of the National Home Improvement Council and includes membership from a number of Trade Bodies representing small companies and trades people, including the Federation of Master Builders, Electrical Contractors Association and the Glass and Glazing Federation.*

Launching the new roundtable, Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said: “The Green Deal will be a massive opportunity for businesses of all sizes and one of my personal priorities is to see smaller businesses - such as local builders, plumbers and roofers - get a big slice of the action too.”

The panel will provide recommendations to DECC Ministers on how SME-led business models can be delivered, the best means to communicate the Green Deal to SME Trades and how this can be done to tie in with wider communications activites to promote the Green Deal.

The panel’s next meeting takes place in July. Read More