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Green Deal

Green Deal. Cherrie Mansfield Strategy & Performance Manager. What is the Green Deal?. National energy efficiency retrofit programme for households and businesses Provide upfront capital to carry out energy efficiency improvements to properties

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Green Deal

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  1. Green Deal Cherrie Mansfield Strategy & Performance Manager

  2. What is the Green Deal? • National energy efficiency retrofit programme for households and businesses • Provide upfront capital to carry out energy efficiency improvements to properties • Costs repaid over time through a charge on the electricity bill

  3. Benefits for Worcestershire • Improve energy efficiency of homes and businesses • Reduce the costs of energy bills • Reduce fuel poverty • Training and employment opportunities • manufacturing • energy assessment • installation of measures

  4. Worcestershire’s Green Deal potential • 230,000 homes • 25,000+ businesses, 97% classed as SMEs • £5,000 - £8,000 average cost for Green Deal measures in domestic properties • 5% take-up = approx 12,000 homes @ £5,000 per property = £60 million a year • 10% take-up = £120 million a year

  5. Green Deal process Marketing and consumer demand Assessment of property and advice Installation of measures Repayments and follow-up Finance

  6. Green Deal assessment • Gateway to the Green Deal • Accredited Green Deal Assessors • Produce an Energy Performance Certificate • Recommend a package • of measures that could • be financed through the • Green Deal

  7. Example Green Deal package

  8. Green Deal process Marketing and consumer demand Assessment of property and advice Installation of measures Repayments and follow-up Finance

  9. Green Deal measures • Air and ground source heat pumps • Biomass boilers • Cavity wall and external wall insulation • Condensing boilers • Draught proofing • Lighting systems, fittings and controls • Loft insulation • Micro combined heat and power • Photovolatics and solar water heating

  10. Green Deal process Marketing and consumer demand Assessment of property and advice Installation of measures Repayments and follow-up Finance

  11. The ‘Golden Rule’ Green Deal repayment Pre Green Deal After Green Deal • Charge for the work must be no higher than the expected savings • Repayments through electricity bill over agreed time period Annual charge £300 Annual energy bill £1000 Energy costs including energy saving £630

  12. Energy Company Obligation (ECO) • Will work alongside the Green Deal • For householders who cannot achieve significant energy savings without additional support • Focus on vulnerable and low-income households and those living in harder to treat properties

  13. Roles for local councils • Provider: raising finance to deliver the Green Deal directly to local residents and businesses, possibly via a contract with a delivery partner • Partner: working in partnership with commercial Green Deal providers and community partners to deliver or facilitate delivery • Advocate –promoting and facilitating the Green Deal locally

  14. Objectives for a local Green Deal • Delivers local jobs, business and social enterprise opportunities • Delivers local training and apprenticeships • Provides a good deal for residents • Is available for businesses • Addresses fuel poverty • Gives local authorities influence over the programme

  15. Timescales • 18 January: consultation ended • Early 2012: secondary legislation laid before Parliament and publication of British Standard for Green Deal installers • Spring 2012: detailed industry guidance prepared – including compliance with Green Deal code? • Autumn 2012: Green Deal and ECO come into force

  16. How you can help • Tell people how the Green Deal can help them reduce energy consumption and costs • Promote the business and training opportunities to relevant organisations • Keep up to date at www.decc.gov.uk

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