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The government?s energy saving plan to make homes warmer and cheaper to run is currently progressing through Parliament under the Energy Bill. From next year, people will have access to up to ?10,000 worth of energy efficiency work, that is to be repaid through savings in energy costs. The plan also caters for businesses and particularly vulnerable people or those living in homes that require more work than the plan allows for.?

Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said

?The Green Deal will be the biggest home improvement programme since the Second World War shifting our outdated draughty homes from the past into the future, so it?s vital people can trust it. I have heard too many cases of shoddy workmanship or dodgy technology from Government schemes in the past so from day one there will be strict rules about standards, information will be readily available and there will be a proper route for complaints.
?We?ve already started putting in place the foundations for this and I am pleased the United Kingdom Accreditation Service has been formally appointed to ensure that installers and assessors will meet the necessary standards when the Green Deal starts next year.?

A new document released today outlines how the plan will protect consumers and redress, including:

• Plans to set up a new Green Deal Code ? to protect customers at every stage of the Green Deal from initial assessment to installation.
• Plans to set up a new Green Deal advice line ? this will provide impartial advice and referral to accredited Green Deal assessors, installers and providers as well as a route for any complaints.
• The formal appointment of the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) ? which will ensure assessors and installers adhere to robust standards in order to participate in the Green Deal.

Two further documents have been published today, the Energy Company Obligation that focusses on helping vulnerable people and hard to treat homes, and Eligible Measures which outlines the process that will determine which measures are suitable and eligible for a particular property under the Green Deal.

This could be particularly relevant to residents in the Calderdale area, living in houses older than 1920 with solid walls. The Green Deal may help to pay the substantial costs for interior solid wall insulation, which could cut energy costs by up to 40% (Energy Savings Trust).

For more information and to read the published documents in full visit the DECC site here

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