Clearview National November 2014 - Issue 156 | Page 28

INDUSTRYNEWS

DISAPPOINTING
GREEN DEAL REPORT
»»The GGF expressed
no great surprise at The
Energy and Climate Change
Committee’s report into the
Green Deal in which they brand
the policy a “disappointing
failure”. The Committee
qualified their comment by
adding that cost to customers
was too high and the terms of
the deal created uncertainty for
providers.
A combination of financial,
communication and behavioural
barriers has meant that the
Green Deal has been slow
to attract customers. Green
Deal finance is in principle,
an attractive proposition, but
the high interest rates attached
to the loan, were putting off
potential customers as many
ho meowners.
Nigel Rees, GGF Group
Chief Executive commented,

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“Since the outset of Green Deal
and ECO, the GGF has been
in talks with Ministers and
Government officials on the
problems of the scheme. We
stressed that the Green Deal
was too complex and lacked the
incentives to make it attractive
to homeowners.”
Tim Yeo MP, Chair of the
Energy & Climate Change
Select Committee said:
“Stamp duty discounts and
variable council tax rates could
be used to broaden the appeal of
energy efficiency improvements
and make them even more of a
money saver for households.”
To read the report and
background material
please visit http://www.
publications.parliament.
uk/pa/cm201415/cmselect/
cmenergy/348/34802.htm

New
opportunities for
manufacturers
to CE mark
their products
»»BRE Global is one of
the first organisations in
Europe to be able to provide
manufacturers of construction
products with complete CE
marking services for a range of
products that are not covered by
harmonised European Standards
under the Construction Products
Regulation (CPR).
The scope for manufacturers
to CE mark their construction
products has been significantly
expanded by the European
Commission’s recent decision
to allow Notified Bodies to be
notified for European Technical
Approval Guidelines – ETAGs (to
be used as European Assessment
Documents – EADs).
Prior to this, Notified Bodies
could only issue CE Certificates

against Harmonised European
Standards, enabling CE marking
of a relatively limited range
of generally well established
products.
BRE Global’s Quality
Manager, Mike Pratt, noted that,
“BRE Global was able to test
against ETAGs as a Technical
Assessment Body and issue
certificates against ETAGs as a
Notified Body under the CPD
for many years. Now that we
can use ETAGs as EADs we can
provide the same service under
the CPR. This is a great benefit
to our customers.”

For further information
regarding BRE contact
0333 321 88 11

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Edgetech moves
to 417,000 square
foot facility in
Cambridge, Ohio

2006
Produced billionth
foot of Super Spacer

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1st foot of
Super Spacer sold

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Edgetech
establishes
distribution and
marketing base in
Coventry, UK

2004
Edgetech GmbH founded
in Neuss, Germany