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Green Deal Installer As with only approved Green Deal Assessors being able to make assessments of a building for the owner and Green Deal Provider, only an approved Green Deal Installer (GDI) can install Green Deal measures. The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have stated authorised GDIs will be able to complete work for consumers prior to the end of January 2013 if paid for upfront or wholly supported by the Energy Company Obligation (see document RFR11). DECC expect the number of Green Deal offers available in the marketplace to grow from there as more Green Deal Providers enter the market.
How do you become a Green Deal Installer? To become a GDI you need to comply with the Green Deal Code of Practice and United Kingdom Accreditation Service’s (UKAS) Publicly Available Specification (PAS) number 2030:2012, normally referred to as PAS 2030. Companies complying with MCS001 will also comply with PAS2030 for those technologies they are currently certified for. PAS 2030 specifies the requirements for the installation of energy efficiency measures under the Green Deal, what internal processes need to be in place and, importantly, what evidence is needed. Any measures installed will be approved products and systems as recognised in the Standard Assessment Procedure, i.e. those measures generated by the RdSAP software as used by Green Deal Assessors (see document RFR09).
What is PAS 2030? PAS 2030 covers the required installation processes, management processes to guide installation and the level of service quality provided to the customer before, during and after the installation. In essence this splits into two main parts, proving the competency of the individual who carries out the works and the competency of the organisation employing the individual. PAS 2030 can be purchased online from BSI for £95 + VAT, the web page can be found here.
What are the requirements for proving individual competency? Individual competency is proved through achieving the necessary competency level, formally called the Common Minimum Technical Competencies (CMTC) as referred to in the annexes of PAS 2030. The CMTC for each measure can be found on the Cut the Carbon website.
There are a number of routes individuals can take to comply with CMTC such as having an NVQ, registered with a Building Regulations Competent Persons Scheme (such as the Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency) or a number of years of verifiable experience. The CMTC annexes of PAS 2030 state the routes and details of what the installer must be able to do. For example, a cavity wall insulation installer must “know the types of information and be able to interpret information relating to cavity wall insulation work”. For businesses looking to install Green Deal measures, which they are already installing, there will normally be no extra cost relating to individual competency, only in the auditing of the organisation against the requirements of PAS 2030.
What are the costs for achieving PAS 2030? Businesses will need to purchase a copy of PAS 2030 at £95 + VAT followed by the associated staff costs to ensure compliance. With many businesses this work will be the formalising and documentation of processes already undertaken. If you have a quality or environmental management system then this work will have been done and achieving PAS 2030 should be relatively straight forward. When a business feels it complies with the standard they will need to engage an accredited certification body to carry out a documentation and site audit. Most certification bodies have support providers who can offer PAS 2030 training courses, documentation or 121 consultancy. These prices do vary and its worthwhile shopping around if you feel this support is necessary. The cost of the GDI audit (i.e., compliance with PAS2030) will depend on the size of the business, geographical location and the number of energy efficiency measures covered. For a typical small sized enterprise we would expect the site audit to take ½ day, followed by possibly a further ½ day per measure. Depending on the energy efficiency measure there may also be a requirement for the auditor to conduct on-site inspections. Please note it is important to get a number of quotes prior to deciding to become a GDI. As more businesses go through the auditing process we will provide more detail on typical costs. Additional costs may occur if the auditor needs to conduct surveillance visits. This is where they have assessed a business and found areas of non-compliance with PAS 2030 and need to carry out a further visit to ensure the problems has been rectified. Once certified as a GDI for a particular measure the business will be able use the Green Deal Quality Mark.
Who are the accredited certification bodies? As of Dec 2012 there are currently 12 organisations with formal GDI certification offers – an up to date list can be found on the Green Deal website. Prices do vary with NICEIC gave an indicative cost of £680 + VAT, BM Trada of £500+, British Board of Agrement (BBA) of £900-£1,300. Energy Saving Trust are offering a year one cost of £2,100 plus site visits costs based on £600 per day plus travel and subsistence. Stroma are offering certification for the insulation measures for businesses with up to 10 employees at £450 + VAT. We recommend contacting a number of certification bodies to obtain quotes and making sure you ascertain: Application fees Day rate for site visits and whether this includes travel and subsistence Cost of dealing with non-conformances Number of site inspections required Ongoing annual fees Green Deal measures covered (e.g. EWI, lighting, etc) We imagine more organisations will be registering and offering certification services as Green Deal progresses. Current licensed certifying bodies which are listed on the Green Deal Oversight and Registration body website.
What do you do if your already Gas Safe or MCS registered? Although MCS and Gas Safe certification will meet most of the requirements in PAS2030, there may be additional quality procedures to be put in place by the business. For MCS organisations contact your certification body to obtain details on what, if any, additional activities will need to be undertaken. If a company is a certified MCS installer of PV and then wants to become a GDI certified installer of PV then there should be little extra work needed. However, if a MCS installer wanted to become a GDI for a technology they are not certified for then there will be further work required. It all comes down to PAS 2030’s competency element and to be certified there must be audited compliance. For Gas Safe registered organisations they will need to speak to their certification organisation to confirm any extra cost. Currently NICEIC are offering Gas Safe registered businesses GDI certification for £500 including a one day Quality Management System audit to PAS 2030 and onsite assessment looking at up to 4 Green Deal improvements of your choice.
How will I get work through Green Deal? The GDI is contracted in by a Green Deal Provider to carry out energy efficiency measures. The Green Deal Provider (GDP) would develop a list of measures per household following the submission of a Green Deal Advice Report (containing the rdSAP generated Energy Performance Certificate and Occupancy Assessment) by the Green Deal Advisor. It may be that a technical assessment of certain measures is conducted by the GDP or GDI so an accurate price is achieved and a contract agreed between the GDP and GDI. If accepted by the consumer the GDP would then provide the GDI with a schedule of works. Currently the GDP market seems to have three different business models: 1. One-stop-shop: large organisation/main contractor providing all parts of the Green Deal process including
installation although may be looking for sub-contractors, examples are British Gas and Carillion in their role as main contractor for Birmingham Energy Savers 2. Retail: retail organisation carrying out GDP role or in partnership with a GDP, with a regiseter of GDIs that use retailers products for installations examples are Plumb Center and Travis Perkins 3. Independent: organisations either with internal assessors or contracted in with installations carried out by registered GDIs, examples are Ampere It would seem models 2 and 3 are the most beneficial to a GDI unless favourable sub-contracting terms can be obtained with a ‘One-stop-shop’. Options 2 and 3 may also be more favourable to allowing customers to choose the GDI and therefore enabling a GDI to generate work through its customer base. Green Deal Providers are normally charging a registration fee, for example Toriga, GDP with Travis Perkins charge £475-£1500 per year depending on turnover. An up to date list of Green Deal Providers can be found on the Green Deal website. A GDI can engage a customer and then pass them onto a GDP to then be contracted to carry out the works. However, currently there is no guarantee that a consumer once they have their Green Deal report go with a certain GDP or GDI. A key market for GDIs could be the private rented sector. The Green Deal offers landlords a solution to financing improvements that only the tenant will benefit from in terms of a reduction in energy bills. Additionally, legislation is coming in to stop landlords blocking a reasonable Green Deal request from tenants and buildings will need to be EPC rated E or above.
Green Deal Installer As with only approved Green Deal Assessors being able to make assessments of a building for the owner and Green Deal Provider, only an approved Green Deal Installer (GDI) can install Green Deal measures. The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have stated authorised GDIs will be able to complete work for consumers prior to the end of January 2013 if paid for upfront or wholly supported by the Energy Company Obligation (see document RFR11). DECC expect the number of Green Deal offers available in the marketplace to grow from there as more Green Deal Providers enter the market.
How do you become a Green Deal Installer? To become a GDI you need to comply with the Green Deal Code of Practice and United Kingdom Accreditation Service’s (UKAS) Publicly Available Specification (PAS) number 2030:2012, normally referred to as PAS 2030. Companies complying with MCS001 will also comply with PAS2030 for those technologies they are currently certified for. PAS 2030 specifies the requirements for the installation of energy efficiency measures under the Green Deal, what internal processes need to be in place and, importantly, what evidence is needed. Any measures installed will be approved products and systems as recognised in the Standard Assessment Procedure, i.e. those measures generated by the RdSAP software as used by Green Deal Assessors (see document RFR09).
What is PAS 2030? PAS 2030 covers the required installation processes, management processes to guide installation and the level of service quality provided to the customer before, during and after the installation. In essence this splits into two main parts, proving the competency of the individual who carries out the works and the competency of the organisation employing the individual. PAS 2030 can be purchased online from BSI for £95 + VAT, the web page can be found here.
What are the requirements for proving individual competency? Individual competency is proved through achieving the necessary competency level, formally called the Common Minimum Technical Competencies (CMTC) as referred to in the annexes of PAS 2030. The CMTC for each measure can be found on the Cut the Carbon website.
There are a number of routes individuals can take to comply with CMTC such as having an NVQ, registered with a Building Regulations Competent Persons Scheme (such as the Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency) or a number of years of verifiable experience. The CMTC annexes of PAS 2030 state the routes and details of what the installer must be able to do. For example, a cavity wall insulation installer must “know the types of information and be able to interpret information relating to cavity wall insulation work”. For businesses looking to install Green Deal measures, which they are already installing, there will normally be no extra cost relating to individual competency, only in the auditing of the organisation against the requirements of PAS 2030.
What are the costs for achieving PAS 2030? Businesses will need to purchase a copy of PAS 2030 at £95 + VAT followed by the associated staff costs to ensure compliance. With many businesses this work will be the formalising and documentation of processes already undertaken. If you have a quality or environmental management system then this work will have been done and achieving PAS 2030 should be relatively straight forward. When a business feels it complies with the standard they will need to engage an accredited certification body to carry out a documentation and site audit. Most certification bodies have support providers who can offer PAS 2030 training courses, documentation or 121 consultancy. These prices do vary and its worthwhile shopping around if you feel this support is necessary. The cost of the GDI audit (i.e., compliance with PAS2030) will depend on the size of the business, geographical location and the number of energy efficiency measures covered. For a typical small sized enterprise we would expect the site audit to take ½ day, followed by possibly a further ½ day per measure. Depending on the energy efficiency measure there may also be a requirement for the auditor to conduct on-site inspections. Please note it is important to get a number of quotes prior to deciding to become a GDI. As more businesses go through the auditing process we will provide more detail on typical costs. Additional costs may occur if the auditor needs to conduct surveillance visits. This is where they have assessed a business and found areas of non-compliance with PAS 2030 and need to carry out a further visit to ensure the problems has been rectified. Once certified as a GDI for a particular measure the business will be able use the Green Deal Quality Mark.
Who are the accredited certification bodies? As of Dec 2012 there are currently 12 organisations with formal GDI certification offers – an up to date list can be found on the Green Deal website. Prices do vary with NICEIC gave an indicative cost of £680 + VAT, BM Trada of £500+, British Board of Agrement (BBA) of £900-£1,300. Energy Saving Trust are offering a year one cost of £2,100 plus site visits costs based on £600 per day plus travel and subsistence. Stroma are offering certification for the insulation measures for businesses with up to 10 employees at £450 + VAT. We recommend contacting a number of certification bodies to obtain quotes and making sure you ascertain: Application fees Day rate for site visits and whether this includes travel and subsistence Cost of dealing with non-conformances Number of site inspections required Ongoing annual fees Green Deal measures covered (e.g. EWI, lighting, etc) We imagine more organisations will be registering and offering certification services as Green Deal progresses. Current licensed certifying bodies which are listed on the Green Deal Oversight and Registration body website.
What do you do if your already Gas Safe or MCS registered? Although MCS and Gas Safe certification will meet most of the requirements in PAS2030, there may be additional quality procedures to be put in place by the business. For MCS organisations contact your certification body to obtain details on what, if any, additional activities will need to be undertaken. If a company is a certified MCS installer of PV and then wants to become a GDI certified installer of PV then there should be little extra work needed. However, if a MCS installer wanted to become a GDI for a technology they are not certified for then there will be further work required. It all comes down to PAS 2030’s competency element and to be certified there must be audited compliance. For Gas Safe registered organisations they will need to speak to their certification organisation to confirm any extra cost. Currently NICEIC are offering Gas Safe registered businesses GDI certification for £500 including a one day Quality Management System audit to PAS 2030 and onsite assessment looking at up to 4 Green Deal improvements of your choice.
How will I get work through Green Deal? The GDI is contracted in by a Green Deal Provider to carry out energy efficiency measures. The Green Deal Provider (GDP) would develop a list of measures per household following the submission of a Green Deal Advice Report (containing the rdSAP generated Energy Performance Certificate and Occupancy Assessment) by the Green Deal Advisor. It may be that a technical assessment of certain measures is conducted by the GDP or GDI so an accurate price is achieved and a contract agreed between the GDP and GDI. If accepted by the consumer the GDP would then provide the GDI with a schedule of works. Currently the GDP market seems to have three different business models: 1. One-stop-shop: large organisation/main contractor providing all parts of the Green Deal process including
installation although may be looking for sub-contractors, examples are British Gas and Carillion in their role as main contractor for Birmingham Energy Savers 2. Retail: retail organisation carrying out GDP role or in partnership with a GDP, with a regiseter of GDIs that use retailers products for installations examples are Plumb Center and Travis Perkins 3. Independent: organisations either with internal assessors or contracted in with installations carried out by registered GDIs, examples are Ampere It would seem models 2 and 3 are the most beneficial to a GDI unless favourable sub-contracting terms can be obtained with a ‘One-stop-shop’. Options 2 and 3 may also be more favourable to allowing customers to choose the GDI and therefore enabling a GDI to generate work through its customer base. Green Deal Providers are normally charging a registration fee, for example Toriga, GDP with Travis Perkins charge £475-£1500 per year depending on turnover. An up to date list of Green Deal Providers can be found on the Green Deal website. A GDI can engage a customer and then pass them onto a GDP to then be contracted to carry out the works. However, currently there is no guarantee that a consumer once they have their Green Deal report go with a certain GDP or GDI. A key market for GDIs could be the private rented sector. The Green Deal offers landlords a solution to financing improvements that only the tenant will benefit from in terms of a reduction in energy bills. Additionally, legislation is coming in to stop landlords blocking a reasonable Green Deal request from tenants and buildings will need to be EPC rated E or above.
