A new accreditation body is to be formed to regulate the Green Deal industry which will come into being next year.
The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) will ensure that assessors and installers adhere to robust standards in order to participate in the Green Deal, the Government has announced.
The Green Deal is the Government’s flagship energy plan.
From next year, people will be able to access up to £10,000 upfront to pay for energy efficiency work which they, or future occupiers such as tenants or house buyers, will repay via their utility bills.
The legal framework is currently progressing through Parliament under the Energy Bill and is due to be discussed at Committee stage in the House of Commons this week.
‘Consumer Protection in the Green Deal’, a new paper from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, also includes proposals to set up a Green Deal Code and a Green Deal advice line to provide impartial advice and referral to accredited Green Deal assessors and installers.
Meanwhile, the timetable for crucial EPC changes may be announced this week.
See today’s blog by James Sherwood-Rogers.
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Why should agent promote it just to make it "work" and be profitable to others. Read the small print and It will be a non starter anyway.
Not a fat chance! Another hair brained idea being promoted by those to make profits, just like HIPs.
The big question is will estate agents promote the Green Deal to sellers, buyers and landlords?
Whilst UKAS will set the standards for the Accreditation Schemes (likely to be similar to the MCS scheme); it is unlikely that UKAS will be an accreditation scheme themselves. Current energy assessor accreditation schemes will likely become the Green Deal assessor accreditation schemes.