Green Deal
Cherrie Mansfield
Strategy & Performance
Manager
What is the Green Deal?
 National energy efficiency retrofit
programme for households and businesses
 Provide upfront capital to carry out energy
efficiency improvements to properties
 Costs repaid over time through a charge on
the electricity bill
Benefits for Worcestershire
 Improve energy efficiency of homes and
businesses
 Reduce the costs of energy bills
 Reduce fuel poverty
 Training and employment opportunities
 manufacturing
 energy assessment
 installation of measures
Worcestershire’s Green Deal potential
 230,000 homes
 25,000+ businesses, 97% classed as SMEs
 £5,000 - £8,000 average cost for Green Deal
measures in domestic properties
 5% take-up = approx 12,000 homes @ £5,000
per property = £60 million a year
 10% take-up = £120 million a year
Green Deal process
Marketing
and
consumer
demand
Assessment
of property
and advice
Finance
Installation
of
measures
Repayments
and follow-up
Green Deal assessment
 Gateway to the Green Deal
 Accredited Green Deal Assessors
 Produce an Energy Performance Certificate
 Recommend a package
of measures that could
be financed through the
Green Deal
Example Green Deal package
Green Deal process
Marketing
and
consumer
demand
Assessment
of property
and advice
Finance
Installation
of
measures
Repayments
and follow-up
Green Deal measures
 Air and ground source heat pumps
 Biomass boilers
 Cavity wall and external wall insulation
 Condensing boilers
 Draught proofing
 Lighting systems, fittings and controls
 Loft insulation
 Micro combined heat and power
 Photovolatics and solar water heating
Green Deal process
Marketing
and
consumer
demand
Assessment
of property
and advice
Finance
Installation
of
measures
Repayments
and follow-up
The ‘Golden Rule’
Green Deal repayment
Pre Green Deal
After Green Deal
Annual
energy bill
Annual
charge
£1000
£300
Energy
costs
including
energy
saving
£630
 Charge for the work
must be no higher than
the expected savings
 Repayments through
electricity bill over
agreed time period
Energy Company Obligation (ECO)
 Will work alongside the Green Deal
 For householders who cannot achieve
significant energy savings without additional
support
 Focus on vulnerable and low-income
households and those living in harder to treat
properties
Roles for local councils

Provider: raising finance to deliver the Green
Deal directly to local residents and businesses,
possibly via a contract with a delivery partner

Partner: working in partnership with commercial
Green Deal providers and community partners to
deliver or facilitate delivery

Advocate –promoting and facilitating the Green
Deal locally
Objectives for a local Green Deal
 Delivers local jobs, business and social
enterprise opportunities
 Delivers local training and apprenticeships
 Provides a good deal for residents
 Is available for businesses
 Addresses fuel poverty
 Gives local authorities influence over the
programme
Timescales
 18 January: consultation ended
 Early 2012: secondary legislation laid before
Parliament and publication of British Standard for
Green Deal installers
 Spring 2012: detailed industry guidance prepared
– including compliance with Green Deal code?
 Autumn 2012: Green Deal and ECO come into
force
How you can help
 Tell people how the Green Deal can help
them reduce energy consumption and
costs
 Promote the business and training
opportunities to relevant organisations
 Keep up to date at
www.decc.gov.uk