The government has announced more energy-saving grants, available for various renovation projects including double glazing, energy-efficient doors and smart thermostats (but only if you install insulation or low carbon heating as well). Homeowners in England will be able to get up to £5,000 worth of green vouchers to make energy saving improvements to their homes from September.
Homeowners and landlords will be able to receive the vouchers in late September. The scheme is part of a £3bn investment in green technology to cut carbon emissions. Chancellor Rishi Sunak outlined the plans for the further investment as part of his economic statement in July which looks promising given that more than 600,000 people could benefit from the scheme.
What will the vouchers cover?
The scheme is now more complex following on from the most recent update from the government on the 4th August. To qualify for any financial support, you must at least install one of the following primary improvements including:
- Insulation, including solid wall, cavity wall, underfloor, loft or roof insulation
- Low carbon heating, such as air-source or ground-source heat pumps, or solar thermal systems, which provide renewable ways of heating your home
Then you can gain access to the vouchers to install the following secondary measures:
- Double or triple glazing, or secondary glazing – but only if you currently have single glazing – it won’t cover replacement double glazing.
- Energy efficient doors – where you’re replacing doors installed before 2002.
- Heating controls and insulation – including appliance thermostats, hot water tank thermostats, hot water tank insulation, smart heating controls, zone controls, delayed-start thermostats and thermostatic radiator valves
EnergySmart can complete any of the above primary and or secondary measures to a high and professional standard!
Important: *you can only receive funding for the secondary improvements up to the amount of the primary measures*
However do not worry about the complex procedure behind the green home voucher scheme, simply get in contact with one of our ECO specialists today and they will confirm if you are eligible within 24 hours!