Green Deal

There will be very strong consumer protection to guard against mis-selling, including a new Green Deal Ombudsman. Obviously, the golden rule cant be a guard against a change in behaviour or life style but the products sold must deliver their technical potential and the savings estimates for all Green Deal measures have actually been revised down further, so are on the very conservative side, to err on the side of caution.

So i hope most people will be very pleasantly surprised by the savings they make, even after the finance charges are taken into account!

That is an easy one. 28 January!

Good question.

This is a transformational new market for Energy Efficiency. We reckon that the huge challenge of retrofit plus the exciting growth of new cost effective measures and technologies means that the market will run at scale to at least 2030

The GreenDeal Cash back, recently announced by George nOsborne, could mean up to £1,000 cash for taking up a variety of Green Deal measures, on toop of the the very real annual savings we expect every Green Deal customer to benefit from.

But it is noit just about cash, it is about home improvements too, increasing the value and comfort level of your home. Dont under-estimate the power of aspiration!

Yes we want a very positive launch but we dont want hype!

New Assessors are just starting to come through now, we have paid for training for the first 1000 assessors and 1000 installers, The first 247 installers have now been accredited but many, many more in the pipe line.

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I have been there myself (even took a couple of calls!) but was really impressed with the breadth of knowledge and expertise of the advisers on the end of the phone.

We published new GD Provider guidance on the DECC Website today, so do have a look at that too

It is being vaildated by the BRE as we speak and we are pressing them for this asap, as we know that a lot of you need it soon as possible, We should have it by the end of the month if not sooner

Absolutely! nthough it may need help with the forms!

Seriously community projects are a key part of my visioin for an ambitious GreenDeal roll out and hope that many groups who took advantage of our LEAF funding will be at the the frointy of the queue for GreenDeal finance for their community buildings

Non Domestic Green Deal for businesses, will spring to life on 28 January too, But this is a more complex market so we expect it to develop over the year.

However I am really excited about thelong term potential for the Green Deal for Business to help overhaul our inefficient commercial, retail and industrial buildings

Fotr details of the Assessor Training please contact WWW.AssetSkills.org

For Installer Training for solid wall installers please contact www.cskills.org

Energy Compnies can already start delivering against their ECO targets already but we want to open the market up further and will be consulting shortly on the ECO Brokerage

Unlike CERT I specifically designed ECO to have a ring fenced pot of subsidy for rural areras and we also expect ALL Local Authorities to have a plan to offer Green Deal to their residents in every part of the country and expect the private sector to work closely with them.

SME’s are key to delivering the nGreen Deal. They are by far the most trusted compoanies that people want to work in their home, especially for the bigger jobs when they are going to e left alone in the peoperty to get on with it.

There are several different ways in which SMEs can particiapate but i think becoming a trusted partner of the Local Authority will be a big advantage.,

But dont forget all the additrional protections and safeguards that come with the GreenDeal.

Upfront costs remain the biggest barrier to most people taking on a major retrofit, Green Deal is about way more than just a bit of lagging, so this should be fantastic for millions of people.