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More people will get
help to improve the energy efficiency of their
homes through a new
release of the Green
Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF).
The popular scheme
opened to new applications from 10 December
2014, with up to £5,600
available to households in
England and Wales to help
with the cost of installing
energy saving measures
such as solid wall insula-
tion, double glazing, boilers, cavity wall and floor
insulation.
Up to £30 million in
vouchers are available and
details of further releases
will be announced on a
quarterly basis with the
next release expected in
February 2015. This is part
of the additional £100 million for household energy
efficiency measures announced in October 2014,
which is in addition to the
£450 million already allo-
more green
deal funding
available
cated to household energy
efficiency over 2014 – 17.
The £30 million will be
split into two categories:
• Up to £24 million for solid
wall insulation;
• Up to £6 million for two
measures from a list of
home improvements available under the scheme.
Once the funding under each category has
been committed, no more
applications will be taken
for that category – though
applications will still be tak-
en for the other category if
funds are still available.
The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund launched
in June of last year, has
already provided vouchers
for more than 20,000 households. Through this second
release of funding, domestic
energy customers can now
receive:
• up to £4000 for installing
solid wall insulation;
• up to £1000 for installing
two measures from an
approved list;
• up to £100 refunded for
their Green Deal Assessment;
• up to £500 more if applying within 12 months of
buying a new home.
Energy and Climate
Change Secretary Ed Davey
said:
“This fund is a big success
story for the Green Deal –
helping thousands of people
improve their homes so they
are warmer, greener and
cheaper to run.
“The best way people can
cut their energy bills, this
winter and every winter, is
to improve their homes so
that they leak less heat and
use less energy. That’s why
we’ve increased the funding
available for the Green Deal
to help even more people
start saving money sooner.”
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