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Energy Company Obligation - ECO • Re: Straight forward advice for LAs re ECO?

2014-09-03T13:44:49

Thank you Adam and John, I shall be in touch,
Lisa

Statistics:Posted by LJWiltshire1 — Wed Sep 03, 2014 1:44 pm

Energy Company Obligation - ECO • Re: Straight forward advice for LAs re ECO?

2014-08-28T15:32:58

Hi Lisa,

Happy to talk through informally how the funds work, the changes and what this means to you.

I work for the Local Authority / Housing Association division and can offer funding, product and framework insights across a diverse range of measures including insulation, renewable energy and heating.

All the best,

John
john.eghan@markgroup.co.uk

Statistics:Posted by John — Thu Aug 28, 2014 3:32 pm

Energy Company Obligation - ECO • Re: Straight forward advice for LAs re ECO?

2014-07-18T10:54:05

Hello,

Have you heard of the Environment Centre (tEC)? We're an environmental non-profit based in Southampton. We provide independent and impartial advice to local authority staff about a range of sustainability issues including the Green Deal, ECO and GDHIF. Feel free to give us a call on 02380 336 172 or email enquiries@environmentcentre.com. You may also find our website useful for the basics: http://www.environmentcentre.com.

We can give you a full explanation of the changes to CSCO and can produce maps showing the eligible areas broken down by CSCO strand along with postcode eligibility checkers (e.g. http://www.environmentcentre.com/CSCO).

I hope this is useful.

Kind Regards,

Luke Emery (on behalf of Adam Goulden)
Project co-ordinator
the Environment Centre

Statistics:Posted by Adam Goulden — Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:54 am

Energy Company Obligation - ECO • Straight forward advice for LAs re ECO?

2014-07-16T13:16:12

Dear canny CAN forum members,
I confess to being confused. And so I seek assistance from my fellow CAN members; is there anywhere, online or otherwise, that is both independent and impartial that a LA employee can go for an up to date on what ECO looks like at the moment, what the changes mean to the system and to LAs seeking to engage with it (in plain English) on the ground, in particular the changes to CSCO and rural CSCO? I would love to find a simple, straight forward source of info that isn't from a utility supplier. DECC's website appears to have morphed into something I can't usefully use.

Statistics:Posted by LJWiltshire1 — Wed Jul 16, 2014 1:16 pm

Energy Company Obligation - ECO • DECC - Changes to the Green Deal and ECO

2014-02-14T14:47:43

Many people missed out on the chance to register on 7th February due to unprecedented high demand to attend the ECO/GD Briefing events DECC are holding to coincide with the publication of the ECO consultation which is expected to be published on the 17th February. Registration was closed within hours of opening on the first day. However, if you missed the opportunity to attend then this is you chance to have to have your say.

Do you have examples of large scale hard-to-treat homes schemes that were on the cusp of being delivered in the worst LSOA and are now being curtailed because ECO funding levels are insufficient?

Proposed hard-to-treat homes ECO funded projects continue to be cancelled around the country as a result of the Changes to the Green Deal and the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) funding announced by Government in the Autumn Statement in December 2013, and further subsequent announcements including the proposal to award energy companies carbon uplifts on measures completed in Q1.

Have your say on the DECC blog site, click on Changes to the Green Deal and the Energy Company Obligation and tell DECC about your cancelled hard-to-treat homes projects. http://blog.decc.gov.uk/2013/12/04/chan ... bligation/

It is essential that DECC be made aware of cancelled hard-to-treat ECO funded projects and of the effects this will have on families living in cold damp hard-to-treat homes on their energy bills and costs to the NHS in relation to cold related illnesses/deaths which will still go on rising.

Include where possible information on the following:

•Project location
•Types of homes (for example, uneven cavity stone built homes, homes in flood risk areas, etc)
•Number of hard-to-treat homes and value of scheme
•Partners involved including local authority, Housing Association, Funders, etc
•Reasons for cancellation?
•How much notice of cancellation was given?

We have also been lobbying MPs hard for their support against the proposed changes to ECO funding of hard-to-treat homes since the changes were announced and need your support to drive the message home.

Write directly to your local MP and tell him about your concerns

To find your MP, click on http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/

Thank you, in anticipation of your support.

http://blog.decc.gov.uk/2013/12/04/chan ... bligation/

Statistics:Posted by Technitherm — Fri Feb 14, 2014 2:47 pm

Energy Company Obligation - ECO • Ofgem - ECO Appropriate Guarantees

2013-06-23T17:31:34

It's official Energy Companies Obligation (ECO): Appropriate Guarantees for Hard-To-Treat Cavity Wall Insulation Measures now includes homes in flood risk areas.

Ofgem have reviewed the BUFCA ECO Technitherm guarantee and consider it to be an appropriate guarantee for hard to treat cavity wall insulation for homes in flood risk areas. Technitherm is the only cavity wall insulation to pass the Building Research Establishment (BRE) Flood Resilience test requirements for homes in flood risk areas.

The BUFCA ECO Technitherm Guarantee now includes coverage for:

Cavity wall insulation installations (standard)

Hard to treat cavity wall insulation installations, as follows:

i. where the cavity is less than 50mm wide;
ii. where a chartered surveyor has reported that the cavity wall is not suitable to insulate with standard insulation materials or techniques due to severe or very severe exposure to wind driven rain or risk of water penetration, including flood risk areas;
iii. in uneven cavities in walls constructed of natural stone or from natural stone outer leaf and block or brick inner leaf;
iv. in a building with 3 or more storeys where each storey has cavity walls and where the building is not more than 12 metres in height;
v. where a chartered surveyor has reported that the cavity wall is not suitable to insulate without substantial remedial works to the building. This includes overcoming failed wall ties.

Ref: Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) Appropriate Guarantees V 1.5 17/06/2013

For more information on Technitherm® Flood Risk Resilient Cavity Wall Insulation Protection click on http://www.isothane.com

Statistics:Posted by Technitherm — Sun Jun 23, 2013 5:31 pm

Energy Company Obligation - ECO • ECO activity in the East Midlands

2013-06-10T10:43:26

I have been asked by Nicky Swetnam at NEA to ask members about ECO and Green Deal activity in the East Midlands. Could you please contact Nicky with the details of any large or small-scale projects using Green Deal or ECO funding to install energy efficiency in homes in the East Midlands? Her email address is: nicky.swetnam@nea.org.uk

Thanks
Pippa Reeve

Statistics:Posted by Guest — Mon Jun 10, 2013 10:43 am