Green Deal & Eco Funds

[sedgy34]

I must say your correct with green deal at the moment but Eco is very busy now people have found their feet with Eco the figures will quadruple

 

[SRE]

Good news about ECO there's been enough people paid off with the renewables fiasco without losing thousands in the insulation industry too and if it means more work for heating engineers then that's great too. I reckon they will wait for a bad news day and slip the GD figures out then.

 

[sedgy34]

So we are now installing
20 boilers per week
5 cavity wall per week
increasing gradually now as we are capable of more paperwork which can be a nightmare if you are just starting out
We are doing all the work a Green Deal Provider does so we are just waiting for the application to be accepted now we have the ccl and all that.
We don't do much solar now unfortunately but as a company you have to move with what's happening it won't come to you.

 

[SRE]

Well done Sedgy, good to see it's paying off for you It looks as though it's mainly ECO is it?

 

[sedgy34]

Thanks
It is for now we are just dipping our toes into the CSCO and CERO in the next few weeks.
I must say its a big learning curve we have worked closely with mike too at Ecodeal throwing ways and ideas to each other we have different things going on helping our cause around the country now it is paying off yes

 

[TedM]

Re: Green Deal & Eco Funds

If you can do ECO work and get paid realistic commercial rates then that is great. Sedgy - have you found it easy to set up the guarantees that are required?

But there doesn't seem to be much else going on outside ECO:
Government?s green deal branded a failure as fewer than ten UK homes take out loans offered - Green Living - Environment - The Independent

 

[sedgy34]

We have setup everything required wasn't too bad

 

[SolarCity]

Well done to you both. Takes some kahunas do jump into this and I'm chuffed it's paying off for you.

 

[SRE]

www.gov.uk/government/publications/green-deal-assessment-survey-summary-report

Some really interesting stats in the data backing today's report. Seems to be loads of boiler replacements and insulation were already being considered - no surprises there. SWI being considered more than I's anticipated but that's going to happen via ECO if at all - and that could still be quite a way off being sorted. Looks as though around 150 plans done if it's one measure/plan - less plans if there are multiple installations on each plan.

I wonder how many are British Gas boiler replacements? I'd hazard a guess that GD is a better finance option than BG's own finance.

 

[Eco Deal]

green deal will be better than eco once its ready !

 

[sedgy34]

is there anything better than a freebie??

 

[Gavin A]

watch the sting in the tail though lads - ECO funding is available on an annual basis at capped limits, once those limits are reached the funding taps will switch off entirely until the next financial year.

So what's better than a freebie? Something that can delivery a pipeline of work year round that's not entirely dependent upon the whims of government & energy companies, and quotas.

I'm sticking with solar being the better bet in the short, medium and long term, though I'm sure that with the broad skill set you'll have to be developing with ECO etc that there will also be plenty of work down the line in those fields regardless of the eco / green deal angle, so it's all good as long as you keep an eye on the fat lady as she prepares to sing each year for Eco funding.

 

[Jimy]

Can pellet boilers be installed on the ECO deal?

 

[sedgy34]

Can pellet boilers be installed on the ECO deal?

If the customer is eligible they will qualify for Eco funding but they would have to either green deal finance the rest towards the installation cost or they would have to dig deep in their pockets

 

[Jimy]

Hows the ECO funding structured in that situation? Is it that the ECO grant pays a set amount and the customer can fund anything above that amount?