[ Spotlight: Green Deal ]
Six steps to a Green Deal 1. Assess the premises Once a prospective customer has expressed an interest in the Green Deal, a Green Deal Adviser undertakes an assessment of the property to identify the potential for installing energy effi ciency/ microgeneration measures. An Energy Performance Certifi cate (EPC) is either confi rmed or produced. 2. Recommend the measures The Green Deal Adviser will then recommend to the client which measures are most suitable, taking into account specifi c factors such as occupancy. These measures may range from insulation to lighting and solar photovoltaic (PV) microgeneration. The recommendations go into a Green Deal report. 3. Select the measures The client can then give the report to a Green Deal Provider (GDP), who arranges a quote for the customer to have agreed work carried out. 4. Arrange a Green Deal loan If the client accepts the quote, the Green Deal Provider then arranges a loan for the customer, for the installation of the agreed measures, to cover all or some of the cost. Regular loan repayments should be less than the corresponding (predicted) energy savings (the ‘Golden Rule’). 5. Install and commission the measures The GDP then appoints an Authorised Green Deal Installer to install and commission the agreed measures. Once installation work is carried out, a further EPC must be issued, to show the improved energy performance rating. 6. Energy savings start here… Clients benefi t from energy savings as soon as the measures are installed and, if necessary, commissioned. The measures will help to protect clients from future energy price rises, as they need to buy less energy. Green Deal loans are then steadily repaid by clients through extra payments on their on-going electricity bills.
liquefi ed petroleum gas-fi red;
Condensing boilers, oil-fi red; Heating system insulation; Heating and hot water system controls; Ventilation and air conditioning controls; Hot water systems; Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery; and Underfl oor heating (but not electric).
Other building fabric measures Draught-proofi ng; Flat roof insulation; Loft insulation; and Solar blinds, shutters and other shading devices (internal and external) – including electrically- powered fi xtures.
Good news for microgeneration Microgeneration measures covered by the Microgeneration Certifi cation Scheme (MCS) are included in the Green Deal, and MCS-authorised installers are in a prime position to become Authorised Green Deal Installers. A combination of Green Deal and tariff support could provide a welcome boost for microgeneration activity. As we went to press, DECC confi rmed that it will be allowing Green Deal loans to precede the payment of Feed-in Tariff s (FITs) and the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).
26 ECA Today March 2013
First, fi nd a Green Deal Provider So far so good, but many prospective Green Deal contractors face an immediate challenge. It takes time and money to become an authorised Green Deal Advisor (GDA) and/or Green Deal Installer (GDI), but actual work comes through a Green Deal Provider (GDP). Most Green Deal models show a GDP – usually a major consumer brand or big contractor – at the centre of delivery, farming out energy saving work to accredited installers (GDIs) and even energy assessors. No matter which Green Deal delivery model is used, GDIs must work for a GDP (they don’t have a Green Deal contract with the customer), who pays them after notifi ed completion. However, contractors can work around the GDP
conundrum by: 1) Contacting GDPs directly, and asking how to get on their approved supplier list;
2) Joining a reputable group that represents contractors who, having found potential Green Deal work, can then arrange GDP involvement;
3) Joining a trade association that brokers contact between GDPs and its members.
Local, competent contractors can boost customer
choice, service fl exibility and even innovation under the Green Deal, and many of these contractors have ‘fi rst contact’ with prospective Green Deal customers. This is true both in the domestic and non- domestic markets and with this in mind, DECC has been looking at other Green Deal delivery models, such as ‘Retrofi t Works’, a planned consortium of ‘customer facing – ready to go’ contractors, which is supported by the ECA. In this model, the consortium would put Green Deal business leads to a GDP, who then arranges for the work to be carried out by consortium members, but on mutually-agreed terms rather than as sub-contractors. If this model takes off , a consortium might even become its own GDP.
Installers and advisers Before a client can obtain a Green Deal loan to install energy-effi ciency or microgeneration measures, they must fi rst undergo a ‘premises and occupancy
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