St Helens' Experts in efficient energy initiatives 

Green Deal was launched in January 2013 and applies to both the domestic and non-domestic buildings. It allows you to undertake energy efficient improvements and pay for them through your electricity meter, using the savings that you make by having that work done. 

There are 45 different measures that you can have done under Green Deal. These include:

• Cavity wall and loft insulation [PAGE 1]
• External wall insulation
• Heating and hot water
• Solar thermal and photovoltaic

This provides funding for home owners and private tenants that are in receipt of certain qualifying benefits:

• State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit & household income of £15,860 or less

OR

• Income Related Employment & Support Allowance
• Income Based Job Seekers Allowance
• Income Support

Plus one of the following qualifying components:

• Disabled child premium
• Parental responsibility of a qualifying child
• Pension premium, higher pension premium or enhanced pension premium
• Disability premium, enhanced disability premium, or severe disability premium
• Child tax credit which includes a disability element
• Work related activity or support component

OR

• Working tax credit

Plus one of the following qualifying components:

• Aged 60 or over
• Parental responsibility of a qualifying child
• Disabled worker element or severe disability element

For more information on any of the above, call one of our team today on 01744 22331 or email: sales@bartons-heating.co.uk

The assessor will initially look at the existing fabric of the building, how it is insulated and how it is heated. From this they will provide recommendations on how your property can be improved by adding certain insulation and energy efficient products.

Coupled with this they will undertake a full occupancy assessment on the persons living in the property. This will include analysing gas and electric bills to ascertain consumption and prices paid. The assessor will also try to build an overall picture of your living habits such as when and how long you have you central heating on.

This information allows the assessor to provide a Green Deal Report which not only outlines recommendations, but also the associated cost savings that can be made by having those measures done. 

Depending on what work you want carried out, you must first obtain a quote from a Green Deal Approved Installer. As a fully accredited Green Deal Installer, at Bartons of St Helens we are only too happy to send one of our surveyors out to visit your home and provide a free no obligation quotation. Once you have this, the Green Deal Provider will create a Green Deal Plan. 

The Green Deal Plan is a finance package which details the repayments which will be added to your electricity payments (via your meter) to cover the cost of having the work carried out. As the Green Deal Provider, it is our obligation to ensure that we seek current Green Deal funding initiatives (i.e. ECO and Green Deal Cash-Back) that will subsidise the work when we compile the finance package for you. 

As part of our due diligence, no Green Deal Plans will proceed unless savings made by having the measure(s) installed exceed the repayments in the first year. This is known as the Golden Rule. The Green Deal Plan will be presented to you for your consideration and a 14 day ‘cooling off’ period is provided for you to consider the proposal. 

Documents are signed and installation dates are booked. Work is completed, checked and signed off. The installation is handed over for you to enjoy the benefits of having the work installed. 

As the Green Deal Provider, Bartons will take care of the rest. As part of our duty we will notify the energy companies of the work carried out which will trigger the charges to your meter to commence.

Independent and impartial advice about the Green Deal can be obtained on 0300 123 1234 or at www.gov.uk/greendeal