The Green Deal

The Green Deal programme will help millions of homeowners, tenants and businesses across Cumbria and the rest of the UK join the renewable revolution to enjoy long-term savings from enhanced energy efficiency. There is no personal liability, the contract is linked to the premises and passed on in the event of sale. Repayments can be made as if paying your electricity bill over a period of up to 25 years. Find out more and register your interest now. The Green deal launched on January 28th, 2013. Your local renewables specialists can register your interest in a Green Deal assessment today.

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What is The Green Deal?

The Green Deal is a Government programme designed to make energy efficiency affordable to homes and businesses across Cumbria and the UK to the benefit of the global environment and our economy. The Green Deal launched on January 28th 2013 you can now register interest in getting assessed. The Green Deal initiative aims to bring energy saving measures to millions by fitting properties with modern renewable and energy saving technologies with no up-front costs.

The Green Deal is an elegant and brilliant response to help reduce our impact on climate change and help us cope with rising prices from limited fuel supplies. The increased efficiency of the installations pays off their cost over time, allowing us to be part of the Green revolution without personal capital investment. With no initial out-lay, domestic and business properties can benefit from energy efficient technologies such as replacement of old boilers with modern efficient types, installation of heat pumps and solar panels, cavity wall and loft insulation and thermally efficient glazing. The Green Deal will effectively pay for the enhancements painlessly out of the savings made by the technologies installed.

The beauty of the Green Deal is that the financing will be directly linked with the energy meter rather than the person paying the bills. Credit ratings are not expected to be a barrier as the Green Deal is linked entirely to the property, this makes a possible move to another property far simpler. 

The Green Deal can help us all play our part in the fight against climate change and make renewable energy accessible to all of us.

Answers to some common Green Deal questions

  1. 1

    Q: What is the "Golden Rule" of The Green Deal ?

    A: The Green Deal's "golden rule" is that anticpated financial savings from the installations must be equal to, or better than any costs added to the energy bill.

  2. 2

    Q: Must Green Deal work be approved in some way?

    A: Yes. The energy efficiency enhancement measures and all bill savings claimed must be approved by accredited parties as part of the Green Deal process.

  3. 3

    Q: Must Green Deal measures be recommended for my property?

    A: Yes. An accredited advisor needs to objectively assess your property and make recommendations for that property in order for that property to qualify.

  4. 4

    Q: How do I know my installer is accredited?

    A: Green Deal installations can only be made by licensed and accredited installers.

  5. 5

    Q: Am I protected as a Consumer?

    A: Yes. Under the terms of the Consumer Credit Act, the Green Deal provider must give every household appropriate advice with due account given to the individual circumstances of each applicant.

  6. 6

    Q: What does the Green Deal Provider require?

    A: Along with the express consent of the current energy bill payer to proceed with the improvement measures, the Green Deal Provider needs consent from all parties involved.

  7. 7

    Q: Can businesses benefit from the Green Deal?

    A: The Green Deal covers all types and sizes of businesses. Each building can benefit from a suitably tailored energy efficiency package.

  8. 8

    Q: What if I move to another property?

    A: Each Green Deal is only linked with a property address not to a person.The deal has to be disclosed to the new occupants with the property's energy performance details.

  9. 9

    Q: How is the Green Deal repayment collected?

    A: Energy providers collect The Green Deal charge acting in compliance with all existing regulatory requirements concerning energy bill payment collection – such as safeguards for vulnerable persons.

  10. 10

    Q: How would I repay the Green Deal?

    A: The installer passes the Green Deal to your energy supplier and your first repayment charge would appear on the next utility bill that follows your installation.

  11. 11

    Q: Would I be able to switch energy suppliers?

    A: Green Deal Customers can freely switch energy suppliers. The repayment charges will appear on energy bills from the current supplier until the installations have been paid off.

  12. 12

    Q: What is ECO?

    A: ECO, the Energy Company Obligation, is the part of The Green Deal that integrates supplier subsidy with Green Deal Finance in an easy consumer package.

Recent Green Deal news updates

7th Jan

Register your interest before the January 28th launch date

Why not register your interest in The Green Deal today? Register your interest by scrolling down to the form on the last page of this site. You can use our subscription form on the home page to subscribe for updates by email.

8th Aug

£ Millions From The Green Investment Bank Brings The Green Deal Closer To Realisation In A Series Of Important Advances Announced Today

The Green Deal, a clever government scheme to render low carbon energy efficiency affordable to homes and businesses, is several important steps closer to realisation today. The Green Deal will cover 45 different improvements for domestic and non-domestic buildings from the outset and is expected to transform energy efficiency by modernising British heating and will powerfully stimulate the economy. The Green Deal is expected to support up to 60,000 jobs in the insulation sector alone by 2015 and will help qualifying homes throughout Cumbria.

A Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) press release today announced the following important advances:

  • £7m loan to The Green Deal Finance Company to help ensure it is ready to offer finance to Green Deal Providers in early 2013
  • HM Treasury announces that Green Deal will be an early candidate for the use of infrastructure guarantees
  • Green Deal registration opens today allowing organisations to begin the Green Deal authorisation process
  • The new Green Deal Quality Mark will show who is authorised and protect consumers

Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said of the advances: “I’m delighted to announce a number of important developments for the Green Deal today. The opening of the Green Deal register will enable businesses to start becoming Green Deal authorised and the Green Deal Quality Mark will show they have met our standards. Crucially, this will protect consumers, who will know that anyone displaying the Quality Mark has been through the required process to become authorised."

The Green Deal Finance Company is one of several bodies financed by The Green Investment Bank to help drive Britain toward a desired state of greater sustainability. The Green Deal will open up the energy efficiency market and empower small and medium sized businesses, including new players, to join and innovate.

5th Jul

Green Deal and ECO advance into delivery phase - July Green Deal Bulletin

The Green Deal project is much closer to realisation.
On Monday 2 July The Green Deal and ECO reached a significant milestone when the House of Commons passed secondary legislation. This will go in front of the Lords on 23 July.

With the legislation almost in place Green Deal and ECO are moving into delivery phase.
Decc has listened to the clear message from stakeholders that a managed, tested and careful introduction of the Green Deal is necessary to ensure successful full scale delivery to match their objective of a Green Deal that would provide an excellent customer experience from the outset and an inclusive market that encourages a range of new players to readily participate.

The completed Green Deal and ECO Framework will realise the market – though it will be the participating companies that decide when and how to enter. Decc will continue to work with delivery partners to start the Green Deal with an early period of focussed testing which will build into a national roll out.
In June DECC published the response to the public consultation and this informed continued development of the Green Deal Framework. On June 14th they announced that Gemserv, in partnership with REAL will operate the Green Deal Oversight and Registration Body (GDORP). The new body will oversee the Green Deal standards and ensure that the frameworks serve effectively.

From early August GDORP will begin registering and authorising advisors, installers and providers – registration will be free in the first two years. 'The Ombudsman Service' will operate as the Green Deal Ombudsmen and Investigative Body.

The Green Deal Code of Practice was laid in Parliament on Thursday 28 June and supplements secondary legislation. The requirements set out in the Code are designed to ensure that all Green Deal Participants and Certification Bodies operate fairly and transparently; deliver good customer service; have adequate levels of training; and provide appropriate redress mechanisms for customers. Green Deal Participants and Certification Bodies must abide by the conditions set out in the Code in order to operate in the Green Deal, and this will be monitored by the Oversight and Registration Body.

From October, Green Deal assessors will be able to complete assessments and providers will be able use the assessment to issue quotes so consumers will be ready to complete a Green Deal plan at the end of January, when the relevant parts of the framework regulations come into effect.

Green Deal authorised installers will be able to complete work for consumers prior to the end of January if paid for upfront or wholly supported by the Energy Company Obligation. DECC say that they expect the number of offers available to build from there as more providers enter the market.
The Draft Code of Practice can be found on the DECC website
The Explanatory Memorandum can be found on the DECC website

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