Pro Installer January 2018 - Issue 58 | Page 34

34 | JANUARY 2018 GGF News Read online at www.proinstaller.co.uk SECURITY GLAZING UPDATE Two updated security GREEN DEAL CONSULTATION Responding to the recent consultation into Green Deal reform, The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) is calling for greater flexibility for consumers and installers to help simplify and improve the scheme. The GGF emphasised that the disappointing number of glazing install- ers involved in Green Deal was a consequence of a costly and resource inten- sive accreditation process. GGF ‘ recommended that installers should be exempt from the need for formal Green Deal status ’ The response stressed that the level of finance avail- able to consumers under the scheme was often not enough to purchase glazing products in tandem with other measures. The GGF pointed out that for some energy efficiency measures, the Golden Rule in its cur- rent form is not a workable framework for promoting a ‘Whole House Approach’ to energy efficiency. With the new Each Home Counts (EHC) framework also expected next year, the GGF recommended that installers should be exempt from the need for formal Green Deal status, if they can prove membership of a recognised certification scheme. The GGF underlined that the introduction of these re- forms would allow installers to avoid additional red tape, reduce confusion amongst consumers and s