Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Apply for the "Green Deal" now
The Green Deal is a new government initiative designed both to save consumers money and to reduce the UK's use of energy.
The idea is to enable both individual consumers and businesses to install new green technology into their property with no up front costs. If you use the scheme, you will pay back the costs through your energy bill over a period of time. It's different to a normal loan, however, because if you move out of the property the bill stays with the property and not with the bill payer.
The “golden rule” of the Green Deal is; the expected financial savings must be equal to or greater than the costs attached to the energy bill.
As part of the initiative, you will have a 'green deal' assessment from an approved adviser to determine what improvements you can make and estimate how much you could save on your energy bills. All advisors will be independently audited and certified.
The infographic below shows the whole process:
Further information on the attached pdf.
You can apply now, although no actual building works will happen until after January 28th 2013, when all the final apparatus is in place to make the scheme work.
Find out more on Directgov.
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Permalink Reply by Rory Bergin on
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I am close to finalising my training as a Green Deal Assessor and will be able to offer this to local residents. Note that the first step above isn't necessarily true, residents can approach Green Deal Assessors directly and not just through a Green Deal Provider. I think that the way to do this is as a group, not as individuals. A Contractor will be able to offer a cheaper deal if there are multiple houses to be worked on at the same time. This will also reduce the disruption to the street and reduce the number of white vans flying around. Note that only accredited contractors and installers can operate within the Green Deal, local companies cannot take part if they are not accredited. Some works, like solid wall insulation may require planning permission, and again it makes sense for a group of properties to apply than individuals, it will be cheaper that way.
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Permalink Reply by Justin Guest on
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Hugh. Just had look at this, and tried to get more information. Honestly. You would think that they did not actually want these kind of schemes to actually work, and for people who want to do their bit to not engage. What idiots actually get paid for putting these kind of schemes in place? Certainly not people who worry for their jobs should they cock things up...
So. Here is what I found out. The scheme has launched. I checked and there are something like 10 assessors in the UK listed on the web site. The nearest 20km in Twickenham. So, I called the (un)help(ful) line to see if there were any more that were just not listed. No, there are no assessors they can put me in touch with. It seems they have launched the scheme with no assessors actually able to assess our properties. So we fail at steps one and two above! No, they cannot tell me when there will be more, no they cannot tell me when any cut of date might be for any applications... "The scheme has been pushed back" I was told, but unfortunatley the lady could not tell me to when... So, what did I find out?
- The web site for the scheme is: http://www.greendealorb.co.uk/
- I can use the web site to register for more info on an assessor and they can tell you as an when it becomes available, I think you go to http://www.greendealorb.co.uk/contact-us (I think- its not clear)
I will see what this yields and come back to you with more info!
This could be such a great scheme for those of us who lack the skill and knowledge to work out what we can do the improve our homes, or the capital to invest in what can be expensive capital items (solar panels etc)! It really is not that hard to get right...
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Not a great start. I wonder if Securicor were involved in the process?
It sounds like we're about to have a very local assessor soon. In the meantime, glad to have you as a Beta tester, pathfinding for the rest of us, and look forward to hearing how it all goes.
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Justin, the scheme is 'launched' in inverted commas, there are hundreds of assessors like me finalising the training, there are a number of Green Deal Providers (the contractors who organise the works) getting accredited, and a lot of installers also getting accredited. It has taken about five years to get to this point!
As I said above, I think that the way to approach this is a a community, not as individuals, as that way the works will be common to many properties, and cheaper as a result, and done well, which is really important when dealing with old houses.
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Permalink Reply by Inkjetpack on
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I would be interested in this, but think I'll wait to see how it pans out first - a couple of links which may be of interest:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2012/sep/28/green-deal-too-complica...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/oct/14/lucy-siegle-green...
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Permalink Reply by Duguneek on
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Good luck Rory with the training. I am finding out more about exterior wall insulation and believe this could be applied to a number of homes in the area as well as the usual other measures though I have more or less done a fair bit already. Also would like to have floor insulation put in. Maybe you can pop round when ur qualified? Yep it's goi g to be a slow start but I was never going to benefit from solar panels with my orientation LOL
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