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Press notice: 13/009

皇冠体育app Green Deal goes live today, giving people the opportunity to transform their homes by paying for energy efficient home improvements with the savings on their energy bills.

皇冠体育app Green Deal is the Coalition Government鈥檚 new initiative to transform Britain鈥檚 homes. With buildings in Britain among the least efficient in the world, the Green Deal gives homes and businesses a new way of paying for energy efficient improvements such as insulation and new heating systems.

皇冠体育appre are 45 different types of improvements currently available under the Green Deal, helping people warm up their homes and pay for some or all of the improvements over time through their electricity bill.

From today households in England and Wales who use the Green Deal to make energy saving home improvements will also qualify for hundreds of pounds of cashback from the Green Deal Cashback Scheme. 皇冠体育app more work households decide to have done, the more cash they could receive and packages could be worth over 拢1,000.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said:

皇冠体育app Green Deal will help thousands of homes stay warm for less. Those people will benefit from energy saving improvements 鈥� and their energy bills will fall. 皇冠体育app UK green sector is a success story 鈥� it is the sixth largest in the world and has a crucial part to play in building a strong economy. 皇冠体育app Green Deal will support thousands of jobs 鈥� not just over the next few years, but in the long-term.

Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey said:

More and more families are being hit by the rising cost of fuel bills and the best way people can protect themselves from increased costs is to use less energy. This is where the Green Deal comes in, giving people a whole new way to pay for energy saving home improvements. 皇冠体育app Green Deal is a great deal. Improve the look and feel of your home, make it cosier and at the same time save energy 鈥� what鈥檚 not to like?

Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said:

皇冠体育app Green Deal will transform the energy efficiency market and puts consumers in charge. It鈥檚 a fantastic new scheme that will allow people to make their homes warmer and save energy at the same time. And it鈥檚 not just consumers who will benefit. 皇冠体育app Green Deal is also great for business, creating a new market and new jobs. I鈥檓 truly excited about the potential the Green Deal has to transform Britain鈥檚 buildings.

A host of businesses and industry bodies have today welcomed the arrival of the Green Deal and the opportunity it presents to update Britain鈥檚 housing stock and create new jobs (quotes can be found below).

皇冠体育app Government has also today unveiled its communications campaign to tell people about the Green Deal. A nationwide campaign - 鈥楪reen Deal with it鈥� 鈥� will help inform people about the benefits of the scheme and how they can sign up for a warmer home and energy savings.

皇冠体育app Government also welcomes today the publication of a new toolkit produced by the Centre for Sustainable Energy to help community groups get involved in making the Green Deal work in their neighbourhoods. Free and impartial advice on the Green Deal is available by calling the Energy Saving Advice Service (England, Scotland and Wales) on 0300 123 1234 or visiting www.gov.uk/greendeal

Notes to editors

Green Deal in numbers

• 拢125 million is available in the Government funded Cashback Scheme

• 8 million households could benefit from solid wall insulation

• 4 million households could benefit from cavity insulation

• 60,000 jobs are expected to be supported in the insulation sector alone by 2015 鈥� up from 26,000 in 2011

• 拢3.5 million of funding to training in key Green Deal skills

• 拢270 a year could be saved if a typical three bedroom semi-detached house installed just solid wall insulation

• 38% of the UK鈥檚 total greenhouse gas emissions come from leaky buildings

How the Green Deal works

Firstly, a Green Deal Assessor will come to your home, talk to you about your energy use and see if you could benefit from making energy efficiency improvements. Your Assessor will recommend improvements that are appropriate for your property and indicate whether they are expected to pay for themselves through reduced energy bills. Green Deal Providers will then quote for the recommended improvements. You can get as many quotes as you like, and you don鈥檛 have to choose all of the recommendations made to you.

Once you鈥檝e chosen a Green Deal Provider, they will write up a Green Deal Plan. 皇冠体育app plan is a contract between you and the Provider 鈥� it sets out the work that will be done and the repayments, including the fixed interest rate. Once you鈥檝e agreed to a Green Deal Plan, your Provider will arrange for the improvements to be made to your home by a Green Deal Installer. You can then start to enjoy a more energy efficient home. Your Green Deal repayments will be automatically added to the electricity bill for the home.

For more information visit www.gov.uk/greendeal

皇冠体育app Bristol based charity Centre for Sustainable Energy has produced the communities鈥� toolkit, part-funded by a grant from DECC. It can be download at . It contains a wide range of resources to help community groups to play an effective role in the Green Deal.

Business and industry support for the Green Deal

Ann Robinson, Director of Consumer Policy at uSwitch.com:

鈥淕reen Deal has the potential to help consumers afford energy against a backdrop of escalating fuel bills. Our surveys tell us that many people simply do not know how to make their homes more energy efficient. 皇冠体育appy also need assurance about the quality of any work done, and help with funding.

鈥淕reen Deal ensures that accredited professionals to do the work, backed by strong consumer protection. It also provides the financing, so will enable hard pressed consumers to go ahead with confidence, providing much needed protection against rising bills.鈥�

Nationwide:

鈥淣ationwide recognises the benefits to all that comes from investment in improving the energy efficiency of our homes. Nationwide supports the aims of the Green Deal in delivering cost effective solutions and in allowing customers to pay for their investment in a new and innovative way. Furthermore Nationwide is updating its Green Homes Guide and our existing green lending policies to reflect the Green Deal.鈥�

Carillion:

鈥淚t is a simple truth that by far the best and most sustainable way to heat our homes affordably is by making sure they don鈥檛 leak energy. For millions across the UK this means installing the right mix of insulation and heating measures and we believe that Green Deal is a golden opportunity to do this at scale and within everyone鈥檚 budget. We therefore welcome today鈥檚 launch 鈥� it鈥檚 good news for households and good news for green jobs.鈥�

Annmarie Blomfield, Managing Director, 1 Green Place:

鈥淲e have already done over 200 assessments and are very excited about the future with Green Deal as we鈥檝e already got 1,800 assessments waiting in the wings.鈥�

Phil Cliff, Mortgage Director at Santander:

鈥淪antander UK welcomes the new energy efficiency scheme, Green Deal, launched today by the Government and looks forward to continuing to support the UK housing market.鈥�

Lloyds Bank:

鈥淲e are supportive of any initiative that helps homeowners to improve their property, both in terms of efficiency and comfort. We will not be changing our affordability calculations as we expect the savings achieved through these improvements to be reflected in the costs in utility bills.鈥�

Brendan Ashford, Managing Director, Ampere GDP:

鈥淲e鈥檙e a family run business and see the Green Deal as an exciting opportunity for both the customer and construction industry. We鈥檙e operating nationally and with our network of local qualified energy advisors we鈥檝e already done over 40 assessments and have 200 lined up to do over the next few weeks.鈥�

Neil Schofield, Head of External and Governmental Affairs Worcester Bosch Group:

鈥淲orcester Bosch Group welcomes the Government鈥檚 Green Deal announcement. UK homeowners have been crying out for a positive commitment from the Government, looking to them to offer a sensible solution on how they can increase the efficiency of their homes 鈥� and the Green Deal ticks that box.

鈥溁使谔逵齛pp main benefit of the Green Deal is that it offers homeowners an opportunity to take out a loan to invest in the efficiency of their properties 鈥� whether this be insulation, more efficient windows and doors or upgrading an old 鈥搃nefficient boiler.

鈥淐ertainly for the heating industry, the Green Deal has become the 鈥榤ain show in town鈥� and this is now a massive opportunity for us to make it a success.

鈥淔or the boiler industry alone approximately 5,000 installations take place on a daily basis, so the opportunity for the industry to enhance the collective heating efficiency of UK homes is clear to see.

鈥淎s the UK鈥檚 leading heating and hot water manufacturer we are now geared up and looking forward to engaging with installers nationwide ensuring there are enough accredited professionals in place to make the Green Deal a success.鈥�

Jamie Mehmood, Senior Director of Sustainable Energy Finance, RBS Group:

鈥淩BS Group welcomes initiatives like the Green Deal. As a business we recognise how important it is to take our environmental responsibilities seriously. We have set ambitious targets for reducing our carbon footprint and we have a long standing commitment to supporting the renewable energy industry. Additionally, we are supporting UK businesses to increase their energy efficiency through our recently launched 拢200m Carbon Reduction Fund. We therefore welcome the Green Deal鈥檚 contribution to reducing the UK鈥檚 carbon footprint.鈥�

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS):

鈥淲e have worked closely with stakeholders in the property industry to develop guidance on the Green Deal. RICS welcomes this as an effective way for property professionals, landlords, tenants, buyers and sellers to understand how a Green Deal on a property interacts with various types of property transactions.鈥�

Simon Roberts OBE, Chief Executive of the Centre for Sustainable Energy:

鈥溁使谔逵齛pp Green Deal will succeed where people understand it and feel like it鈥檚 something for people like them in homes like theirs. That鈥檚 a fantastic opportunity for community groups to lead the way in engaging local people, sharing local experiences, and creating neighbourhoods where improving the energy efficiency of your home becomes normal. We鈥檙e delighted that DECC has supported our new toolkit to empower and enable community groups to get involved.鈥�