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PRO INSTALLER JUNE 2014
PRO NEWS
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100% Of Homeowners
Want Their Own Bfrc
Energy Rating Certificate
BFRC asked 523 randomly selected
homeowners in England and Wales
whether they wanted a Homeowners
Energy Rating Certificate – and
all of them (100%) said ‘yes’.
This BFRC certificate is
specific to the property
and the products purchased and will feature
the installers name and
date of installation as
well as the well-knowan
‘rainbow’ colour label.
The ratings displayed
will be ‘A+’ to ‘C’ for
windows and ‘A+’ to ‘G’
for doors
It is the only such certificate
available in the UK glazing
sector.
This certificate is a valuable new marketing tool for
installers. Issuing of the
certificate can be promot-
ed by the installer to the
homeowner as a value added
benefit of using that company. It will also link the new
windows or doors supplied
with the installation company
and could facilitate ‘word of
mouth’ recommendation.
It is issued at the same
time as the FENSA certificate
and can be supplied with no
extra administration for the
installer. Just tick the box at
the point of notification on
the FENSA website. It costs
just £1.50 (ex VAT).
“The industry asked for
a window energy rating
homeowner certificate – and
here it is,” commented BFRC
MD Chris Mayne. “With all
homeowners asked wanting
one too it shows how right
our installers were.”
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UK Builders Celebrate
Growth In Construction
Britain’s leading construction firms
have joined a digital celebration
of the hundreds of infrastructure
projects creating jobs and growth
across the country.
From bridges to flood defences, firms sent
dozens of pictures of the schemes with
signs declaring “We are BuildingBritain”.
The photos were added to a dedicated
blog page highlighting the work taking
place.
Infrastructure company Kier took dozens
of photos of its staff working on big projects, including the £8 million Western Link
road from Berryfields to Buckingham in the
Midlands.
In Hayle, Cornwall, 21 workers from Bowmer & Kirkland, the construction company
working on the redevelopment of South
Quay, held up signs to demonstrate their
commitment.
Other firms which took part included
Carillion, Balfour Beatty, Skanska, Atkins,
Crossrail, Centria, Laing O’Rourke and
Simons, while industry bodies, such as the
Chartered Institute of Building, the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, also backed the
scheme.
The digital celebration coincided with the
Prime Minister’s recent announcement that
£36 billion worth of projects will begin this
year, creating 15,000 jobs.
Visit We are #BuildingBritain Tumblr to
see some of the projects.
Revamped
Green Deal
launches
this month
The government’s
revamp of the controversial Green Deal,
the Green Deal Home
Improvement Fund - providing grants of up to
£7,600 against energy
efficiency measures
such as insulation, new
boilers and double glazing – will be launched
this month.
This replaces the original
Green Deal under which
households borrowed money to fund improvements
and repaid it through their
energy bills. Take-up of the
latter was disappointing –
despite a £125m cashback
incentive