Green Deal for Home Owners

The Government is aiming the Green Deal to be taken up by as many home owners as possible and in the coming months the finer detail will be announced. What we know as of now is that you will be able to install green technology to help reduce your carbon footprint and the key is that there will be no up front costs involved.

The homeowner will be able to install the following types of green technology;

• Wall insulation both solid and cavity walls will be covered.
• Loft insulation
• Double glazing
• Door insulation
• Smart meters

The above technologies are aimed at reducing demand on your energy, once these have been installed it will cost you less to heat your home thus cutting your energy bill.

The other types of technology that will be covered by the Green Deal are the supply of energy:

• Solar power, both Thermal and Photo Voltaic panels
• Air and ground source heat pumps
• Biomass boilers

Because these types of technology use less power to heat your water and home, the idea is that you will be cutting your energy bill in the long term.

Each property will have to be rigorously inspected by a Green Deal accredited advisor to see which technologies will return the best results. The government is currently devising a stringent testing process to make sure that both the advisors and the Green Deal providers meet high standards in the quality of assessment and installation process.

Once an assessment has been made of the property, the advisor will make suggestions to the home owner of Green Deal providers and Green Deal Plan will be written outlining the work to be carried out. All Green Deal providers and materials will have been through a series of tests to ensure that the homeowner can expect a standard of workmanship and quality regardless of the tradespeople involved. All the work will have a warrantee as well as all the materials used in the installation giving the home owner peace of mind.