OPINION
There has been great concern and comment that the Green Deal was for the ‘big six’ energy providers and a handful of other large organisations. To encourage small and medium- sized firms to take part, regional roundtables have been held for them, and a new such roundtable is being set up. Regional events are being held to tell companies about the opportunities the Green Deal offers them. To cuts costs, some authorisation requirements have been changed, with no fees for assessors, installers and providers to register with the Green Deal Oversight Body in the first two years. There is now a full set of National Occupational Standards (NOS), allowing qualifications to be developed across Great Britain, with a full set of Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) units for England and Wales, and a detailed syllabus for the Green Deal Assessor (Adviser) qualification, for the whole of Great Britain. However, arrangements for engineering graduates registered with the Engineering Council are still being resolved with DECC. CIBSE is in discussions to ensure that these energy professionals are not excluded from offering their services and expertise to non-domestic Green Deal clients. BSI has also published the Green
Deal installer standard, Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 2030, the Installer standard for installation processes for Green Deal measures. It also covers management of the
REFERENCES
The Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation: Government Response to the November 2011 Consultation:
www.decc.gov.uk/ assets/decc/11/consultation/ green-deal/5521-the-green-deal-and- energy-company-obligation-cons. pdf
The Green Deal aims to encourage householders to make their homes more energy efficient
processes and quality of customer service provided. PAS 2030 details the various
Green Deal energy efficiency improvement measures that may be installed. The November consultation package asked about the range of measures for non-domestic buildings, and in response to the comments made, a further 15 non- domestic measures are added to the approved list. The Green Deal Register opens
early in August for accredited certification bodies – which include CIBSE Certification – to apply for authorisation. This will allow certified assessors to be included on the Green Deal Register of authorised persons. Assessors who want to be certified and authorised through CIBSE Certification can express an interest online now . We are not there yet, but the full
picture is now emerging for the start of the Green Deal.
l HYWEL DAVIES is technical director of CIBSE
www.cibse.org
The Green Deal applies to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and does not include Northern Ireland.
These events will be held from 22 June until 20 July and further information can be found on the DECC website:
www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/ tackling/green_deal/gd_industry/ supply_chain/supplychainrs/
supplychainrs.aspx
The full picture is emerging for the start of the Green Deal
All three documents are on the Asset Skills website:
www.assetskills.org
PAS 2030 is available on the British Standards Institute (BSI) website at:
http://shop.bsigroup. com/en/ProductDetail/?p id=000000000030248249
For further information or to express an interest, please email
epc@cibsecertification.org with Green Deal in the subject line, or go to
www.cibseenergycentre.co.uk/ green-deal/become-a-green-deal-
service-organisation.html
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