Transcript Energy Efficiency Drivers

Why Does Energy Efficiency Matter?
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Many homes are poorly insulated
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Appliances are left on standby
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Thermostats are used inefficiently
Tenants are paying more for energy than they should be.
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Average Household Faces Fuel Poverty By
2015
Energy costs have risen more than six times faster than
household incomes since 2004
The average dual fuel bill has climbed 117% in the last
seven years
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The Green Deal
Landlords & Tenants are often put off installing energy
efficiency measures.
The Government plans to introduce the Green Deal – a
finance mechanism by which households can get a
package of energy-efficiency measures at no upfront cost.
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How it Works
It is paid for by the Tenants of the home through a
service charge on their energy bill
• The charge is tied to the property – so you only pay if
you’re benefitting from the measures, and not if you
move out
• The main criteria is that expected fuel bill savings will
exceed repayment charge = ‘Golden Rule’.
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The Legislative timetable
• It is anticipated that the Green deal will be launched in
Autumn 2012
• Autumn 2011 – Formal consultation on secondary
legislation
• Early 2012 – Secondary legislation laid before parliament
• Spring 2012 – Detailed industry guidance prepared
• Autumn 2012 – First green feels appear
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Green Deal & Landlords
1. Visibility of a Green deal on a property at viewing/
letting
2. Cant refuse reasonable requests from tenants
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PV
“ A Licence to print money”
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The ‘license to print money’
which is the Government’s Feed
in Tariff scheme is available in its
current (very generous) form for
only another 24 weeks. Act
quickly if you want to benefit. All
change 1st April 2012.
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British Gas
Solid Wall Offer
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Introduction
According to the Energy Saving Trust, around 45% of the heat lost in an
un-insulated solid wall home is through the walls.
Installing external wall insulation (EWI) can reduce heat loss and can
save occupiers around £375 a year on their fuel bills, helping to reduce
carbon emissions by around 1.9 tonnes per year for a home heated by
gas (and much more for those heated by electricity and solid fuel) and
alleviating fuel poverty in ‘hard to treat’ homes.
Traditionally, EWI is much more expensive to install than loft and cavity
wall insulation and it has previously been seen as cost-prohibitive but
British Gas can now provide a new solution to help increase the uptake
in some of the most vulnerable households in your area.
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Which properties are suitable for external wall
insulation?
Twice as much heat can be lost through an uninsulated solid wall as through an
un-insulated cavity wall meaning that they are often classed as ‘hard to treat’.
Homes built before or around 1920 usually have external walls made from a
single skin of ‘solid brick’, rather than cavity walls. In addition, many post-war
system built properties are made from concrete or other pre-fabricated materials
(e.g. Cornish, Wimpey, BISFs) and do not have cavity walls.
If a home is of solid brick
construction, the bricks will
tend to be placed head-on and
lengthways in an alternating
pattern.
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What is British Gas able to offer?
British Gas will CERT fund every external solid wall measure installed in
the following two categories:
• Social housing
• Private sector housing where the occupier falls into Priority Group
Flex (PGF) categories - new enhanced funding available
PGF is a private household where at least one occupant is on a set list of benefits
(see slide 9)
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Funding for private sector households in PG Flex
Our new offer for private sector properties provides a
significant amount of funding to households in receipt of the
following benefits or allowances:
Council Tax Benefit - Housing Benefit - Income Support Income-based Job Seekers Allowance - Income-related
Employment and Support Allowance - Attendance Allowance
- Disability Living Allowance - War Disablement Pension (that
includes either a mobility supplement or constant attendance
allowance) - Disablement Pension (that includes constant
attendance allowance) - State pension credit - Child Tax
Credit (where the relevant income is £16,190 or less) Working Tax Credit (where the relevant income is £16,190 or
less)
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Funding levels – private sector (PG Flex only)
Huge uplifts in funding
Typical funding levels – Based on an average 3 bed semi detached house
£9,000
£7,875
£8,000
£6,991
Funding (£)
£7,000
£6,000
£5,000
£4,000
£4,280
£3,404
£3,834
£3,000
£2,000
£1,000
£0
Gas
LPG
Electric
Oil
Existing fuel type
Full property funding amounts are contained in Appendix 2
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Coal
How will the private sector PG Flex scheme work?
Individual households will not be able to apply directly to
British Gas.
We will rely on local authority partners, managing agents
and installers to help co-ordinate the scheme.
The process has been designed to be straightforward and
with minimal administration.
Claims can be submitted for as little as one or two
properties, so there is no requirement for minimum
numbers or project size.
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Homework!
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Explore PV before Christmas
Consider BG Solid Wall insulation
offer
Get ready for Green Deal
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