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Green Homes Grants and you

Melissa Spiers

Green Homes Grants

• 1. £500m voucher pot for low-income households
• 2. £500m pot for LAs to primarily support fuel poor

households

• 3. £1bn voucher scheme that everyone can access

Why GHG, why now?

“We cannot meet our climate

• bjectives without a major

improvement in UK housing.”

Energy in the home

What is a GHG voucher?

Voucher funding from BEIS available ‘from the end of September’, there’s two types:

• 1. £5,000 towards energy efficiency measures for
• everyone. To the maximum value of two-thirds the cost
• f the job (1bn)
• 2. £10,000 voucher for those receiving eligible income

based benefits (500m)

Who is everyone?

• All owner-occupied and lease holders
• New builds that are occupied (not unoccupied)
• Landlords of private rented and social housing (including

park homes).

• Non-commercial buildings (Target 2030 available for

SMEs.)

What can you do with GHG voucher?

Primary improvements:  Insulation; solid wall, cavity wall, underfloor, loft or roof insulation.  Low carbon heating; air-source or ground-source heat pumps, or solar thermal systems Secondary measures:  Draught-proofing  Double or triple glazing, or secondary glazing*  Energy efficient doors, replacing doors installed before 2002.  Heating controls and insulation, including appliance thermostats, hot water tank thermostats, hot water tank insulation, smart heating controls, zone controls, delayed-start thermostats and thermostatic radiator valves.

Will cover exploratory and retrofit surveys, or things like labour costs, parts waste removal or scaffolding.

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How do you get a GHG voucher?

You can apply at the end of September, to prepare:

• Visit the Simple Energy Advice website – eligibility assessor and

‘personalised plan’

• Consult your EPC
• Choose appropriate qualifying measures
• Find a Trustmark or Microgeneration Recess Scheme (MCS) Registered

installer

• Survey and quotes ready for submission

Apply and install before 31st March 2021…

What should I bear in mind?

• You may be eligible for other funding that could get you a better

deal*

• Such announcements tend to attract ‘cowboys’
• Installers must be Trustmark registered (ideally 2019 but

accepting 2017 at present)

• Keep your quotes
• GHG amount will be removed from RHI total
• We do not govern this fund
• Don’t agree to measure before you have voucher!

How could this aid retrofit

• Pay for (2/3) of a survey
• Incentive for installers to sign up to

Trustmark 2019/PAS2035

• Funding for Solid Wall Insulation and

underfloor – hard to treat properties

• Start the conversation
• Raise wider awareness with incentive
• However, it is not funding Solar PV or

electricity generating renewables

• Put an advice page or link to W&W’s & SEA on your site
• Put together an information flyer for distribution
• Be aware and work with installers in your area, talk GHG.
• Ensure those in rented accommodation are included -

landlords

• Host events recommending measures to your areas (invite

W&W along)

• Request a retrofit survey
• Be ready to apply end of September

How can CAN’s can help?

• Over the phone advice via Warm and Well advice line*.
• Provide information and access to grants for insulation,

replacement boilers, central heating.

• Arrange a home visit by a Warm and Well energy

advisor (if fuel poor).

• Availability of paid visits in the future for those not

qualifying for the above, MEES for landlords

• Link to Energy website for local installers
• Our website for a page on GHG grants

How can Severn Wye can help?

Free Advice Line 0800 500 3076

Open Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm

Email: warmandwell@severnwye.org.uk www.warmandwell.org.uk