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OCTOBER 2013 PRO INSTALLER
PRO NEWS
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Green Deal Will Fail New Home
Unless Government Registrations
Takes Action
Rise 25%
The Green Deal will fail
unless the Government
takes swift and decisive action to incentivise consumer demand
for energy efficiency,
warns the Federation of
Master Builders (FMB).
‘Only 12 Green
Deal Plans
are ‘live’
According to a recent
survey of all FMB members
in Great Britain, more than
70% think a reduced rate of
VAT would be a “successful” or “highly successful”
way of encouraging their
customers to commission
energy efficiency work.
Almost two thirds of FMB
members (65%) think a free
DECC Defends ‘Extremely
Valuable’ Green Deal
The DECC has defended the Green Deal,
which it claims is “extremely valuable”.
Green Deal assessments are helping to
make homes more efficient despite limited
take-up, according to
new research published
by the Department of
Energy and Climate
Change (DECC).
DECC’s research purports
that Green Deal assessments are effective agents
of change; according to the
research, more than 80% of
households who have had
a Green Deal assessment
‘have already, are in the process of or intend to install at
least one energy efficiency
home improvement.’
In addition, 56% of households have already installed
at least one measure recommended by the assessment,
with a further 6% in the
process of installing a recommended measure.
Those surveyed described
the Green Deal process as a
positive one, with 78% noting that the assessment was
‘highly useful’; 72% saying
they would recommend one
to friends and family.
measures indicated that
they intended to take out a
Green Deal plan.
Commenting on the research results, energy and
climate change secretary
Edward Davey said: “Green
Deal assessments are proving to be extremely valuable
‘Those surveyed described the
Green Deal process as a positive
one, with 78% noting that the
assessment was ‘highly useful’’
But research confirms that
high interest rates associated with the scheme are
hampering uptake. Only
24% of those who has a
Green Deal assessment
and are planning to install
and are leading to householders investing in energy
saving measures.”
DECC surveyed 500 households who had a Green
Deal assessment between 1
April and 30 June 2013.
energy efficiency assessment would encourage
more of their customers to
improve the energy efficiency of their home. Brian
Berry, Chief Executive of the
Federation of Master Builders (FMB), said: “The latest
Government statistics show
that just over 70,000 Green
Deal assessments have been
undertaken to date, but only
12 Green Deal Plans are
‘live’, demonstrating that a
growing number of home
owners want to improve the
energy efficiency of their
properties but they aren’t
interested in paying for it
using Green Deal finance.
A reduction in VAT would
reduce the overall cost of
the work and make Green
Deal finance more attractive
to home owners who may
be deterred by a large debt
against their property.”
New home registrations in the UK
have risen by 25% for the year
up to and including August, new
figures released by NHBC reveal.
The figures show continued improvement
around the country
compared to the same
period in 2012. In total
90,730 new homes
have been registered in
the first eight months
of 2013, compared to
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