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PRO INSTALLER APRIL 2015
PRO NEWS
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£70M GREEN DEAL
FUND “NOT ENOUGH”
The Department of Energy and Climate Change
(DECC) announced
the third release of
the Green Deal Home
Improvement Fund
(GDHIF) will be worth up
to £70m, but the Glass
and Glazing Federation
(GGF) maintains that
the fund does not have
enough incentives for
consumers wanting to
install energy efficient
glazing.
From midday, Monday
16 March, the scheme was
opened to new applications for the new release of
funding; with up to £5,600
available to households in
England and Wales to help
with the cost of installing certain energy saving
measures such as solid wall
insulation, double glazing,
boilers, cavity wall and floor
insulation.
Energy and Climate
Change Secretary Ed
Davey said: “We’re helping
families keep warmer for
less; driving bills down by
encouraging more competition between energy
suppliers and making over
one million homes more
energy efficient. Households
up and down the country
are reaping the benefits of a
warmer home thanks to the
Green Deal Home Improvement Fund. And now, with
more money available, thousands more can benefit.”
Nigel Rees, GGF Group
Chief Executive commented:
“Of course it is positive to
see funding for homeowners wanting to make their
properties more energy
efficient but we still feel the
incentives are not nearly
enough for homeowners
wanting to install glazing.”
DECC’s latest Green Deal
statistics published in Febru-
ary show that out of 15,000
measures installed under
Green Deal Home Improvement Fund only 47 windows
have been installed and Nigel Rees adds: “The scheme
and funding appears to
favour some types of energy
efficiency work and not
others such as glazing. The
latest round of funding is a
slight improvement but is
not nearly enough to make
a difference to homeowners
and the replacement window industry.”
More than 25,000 households have already received
a voucher for The Green
Deal Home Improvement
Fund since it launched in
June 2014. For the third
release of funding, money
has been increased for the
two measures offer. Domestic energy customers will be
able to receive:
• up to £3750 for installing
solid wall insulation;
• and/or up to £1250 for
installing two measures
from the approved list.
• up to £100 refunded for
their Green Deal Assessment;
• up to £500 more if applying within 12 months of
buying a new home.
The £70 million for the
third release will be available for applications for solid
wall insulation and/or the
two measures offer until all
the funding is allocated.
The up to £70 million
available for release 3 is
part of the additional £100
million for household energy efficiency announced in
October 2014. This funding
is in addition to the £450
million already allocated to
household energy efficiency
from 2014 – 17.
For further information go
to www.ggf.org.uk
Installer optimism surrounding growing sash window market
88% of installers expect
more sash window jobs
in 2015, and 65% feel
sash window jobs are
more profitable than
casements, according
to the latest study into
the market by Roseview
Windows.
Working alongside industry
data specialists Insight Data,
Roseview recently questioned over 10,000 installers,
asking their opinions on sash
windows and gauging their
confidence in the market.
Aside from concluding
that the majority of installers
expect the market to continue to grow, the survey also
revealed that 69% buy-in sash
windows with run-through
sash horns and 50% with
mechanical joints.
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views of installers selling
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end. It was fascinating to
read the responses and
overall the answers were very
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