making the green deal work for you link to energy meeting forest green rovers 4 th july 2013 kaye...
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Making the Green Deal work for you Link to Energy meeting
Forest Green Rovers4th July 2013
Kaye Welfare & Neil TowlerSevern Wye Energy Agency
Link to Making the Green Deal work for you
Chair: Kaye Welfare, Severn Wye Energy Agency (SWEA)
Start of meeting 4.00pm4.00 – 4.30 Refreshments & Networking 4.30 – 4.40 Welcome and introductions– Kaye Welfare
4.40 – 4.55 The Warm & Well Green Deal offer & routes to market – Kaye Welfare4.55 – 5.05 Link to Energy – The Severn Wye Installer Network - Neil Towler (Severn Wye)5.05 – 5.30 Warm & Well Green Deal Provider – Jon Johnson (Unity)5.30 – 5.55 Using your local Trade supplier – Mark Riordan (George Bence & Sons Ltd)5.55 – 6.20 Question time – Put your questions to Kaye Welfare, Neil Towler, Jon Johnson and Mark Riordan 6.20 – 7.00 Refreshments, bar & networking
Close of Meeting 7pm
Kaye Welfare Assistant Chief Executive
Severn Wye Energy Agencywww.swea.co.uk
Severn Wye Energy Agency – Who are we?
• Not for profit company• Registered educational charity• Set up in 1999, originally Forest of
Dean District Council with EU funding
• Now 50+ staff offices Wales and Gloucestershire
• Promoting sustainable energy and affordable warmth through partnership, awareness-raising, innovation and strategic action
A background to the Warm and Well scheme• The scheme began in 2001, 40,000 homes improved!
• Links between fuel poverty, poor health and energy efficiency
• A local partnership approach, working with 7 LAs community groups and health related organisations
• Links to other projects retrofit projects Target 2050 and exemplars
Lessons we are taking forward• Every home is different, every household is
different• Lots of factors affecting order of retrofit actions• Range of finance options needed – with simple
access• Value of local outreach, trusted intermediaries
and exemplars• Good quality advice needed throughout customer
journey from outreach to post retrofit behaviour• Importance of local supply chain
What’s changing?• move away from Local Authority grants to loans • need to target older more difficult properties • Government Green Deal framework:
– Accredited products, assessments, installers– Loans linked to electricity meter, not person– Repaid thro electricity bills: private finance – Golden Rule limitation: (modelled) savings must be
more than payments• Energy Company Obligation (ECO)
• Carbon: all homes, part funding, solid wall insulation • ECO Community: deprived areas, high % funding, all measures• ECO Affordable Warmth: vulnerable households selected
benefits mainly heating & boilers , hard to treat cavities
The Green DealIn a nutshell....
Governments flagship energy efficiency scheme whereby energy efficiency measures are installed at no upfront cost & the cost of measures are recovered through the electricity bill
Assessment InstallationRepayments & follow up
Finance
The Golden RuleThe overall energy bill should not go up as the monthly bill savings from installing the measure should be greater than or equal to the repayment. For example....
Household Energy Bill
£800
Green Deal Finance
Green Deal Measures
LowerHousehold Energy Bill
£400
Repayment £300
Warm and Well plusA non-profit local partnership delivery model for sustainable energy retrofit of homes, that:• delivers the full range of retrofit measures• reaches households at all income levels• uses local and SME contractors• brings in ECO and Green Deal if relevant• provides complementary, simple flexible
funding options • Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire and
Wiltshire
Warm and Well Plus Partnership will pilot Warm and Well Plus 2013-15:
• local outreach and marketing to householders • customer contact point and advice 0800 500 3076• Green Deal and ECO assessments (energy surveys) • Severn Wye are Green Deal Advice Organisation • access and delivery of ECO funding• assess options and provide access to Green Deal
finance • engage with and support local suppliers and installers • extend local installer network Link to Energy
Link to Energy – core principles• local network with capacity building ethos• not a closed shop, run on not for profit basis• part of integrated local supply chain• local building SMEs are key influencers • most homes repairs and renovation work is by local
building trade SMEs• have main skills needed, up-skilling marginal• general builder or lead trade can facilitate multi
technology retrofits• develop local economy and jobs
………local people like to use local installers ……
Local contact point
freephonewebsitee-mail
People, with names and faces
Outreach and
marketinglocal networks
social marketing
Initial advice
Assessments: identify ,
quantify,prioritise measures
Finance ECO, own
savings, GD, low cost loans
Installers
heatingInsulationmicrogenlighting
User advice
Joint marketing and cross referrals
Linkup with merchants and
suppliers
Training Local evening
meetingsCo-learning around local exemplars
Online listings with search
by postcode
Word of mouth
recommendation
SME local contacts
Outreach programme to engage local
SMEs
Warm and Well
Warm & Well will result in work for you!
• Developed range of marketing materials • Trialling different approaches including:
• Schools, local authorities, parish councils, community organisations, adverts on back of bus, football ground, mail shots, business awards, working with local trade supplier.
• Using LA and marketing data to identify who is most receptive to different messages and marketing activities
• We have had over 2000 enquires to our advice line since 1st January 2013. Of those 1250 have been given advice and information on Green Deal.
• We have carried out over 350 Green Deal Assessments to date.
Future of Warm and WellOur vision: Non-profit local partnership delivering good quality home retrofit and advice, supporting the development of the local supply chain in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire , South Gloucestershire ...
Contact Detail:
Call the Warm and Well advice line on 0800 500 3076Email us at warm&[email protected] WARM to 83010
Link to Energy
• Set up 2008, now over 100 members• Covers all main energy retrofit technologies• Run on not for profit basis• Local network for local companies
Link to energy – membership benefits• Company listing on an online database of
sustainable energy installers
Users can search for installers by:• Postcode• Measure or technology• Green Deal Accredited
• Customer enquiries sent to your nominated email address
Link to Energy
• So who will be using ‘Link to Energy’?
– Green Deal Assessment customers– Severn Wye Energy projects– Local Authority partners endorsed
No membership or ‘lead’ fees 3% of the value of the completed work
Link to Energy – Membership benefits
Quarterly regional meetings• Local , regional & national industry updates• Specialist information on new products and
technologies• Networking opportunities
News and opportunities updates• Advice documents – Routes to becoming a Green
Deal installer• Training / funding• Local events you could be exhibiting at
‘Its nice to be able to attend a local event and network with other companies in a similar position to ourselves, to see how they are getting on and to find out what is happening within
the industry both locally and nationally.’
Link to Energy – training & development
• RecentPAS2030 Insulation training at Knauf training centre in Birmingham
Link to Energy – training & development
• Green Deal Skills Alliance - Green Deal Skills Exemplar– One of 6 initiatives chosen to help in supporting
the development of the Green Deal industry and ensure that skilled workers are available • Development of installer and assessor case studies• A series of events in the region alongside Asset Skills &
Construction skills covering:– PAS 2030– Training routes to accreditation for different technologies
• Researching barriers and solutions to enable smaller companies to tender for LA work
Further Information• Link to Energy Website:
www.linktoenergy.org.uk– Register as a member– Find out about events
• SWEA website: www.swea.co.uk
• Contact information:– Kaye Welfare 01452 835060 or [email protected] – Neil Towler 01452 835086 or [email protected]