Ploughcroft MD Becomes 'Green Deal' Assessor
Ploughcroft boss works with UK government to cut energy bills and improve energy efficiency of UK homes.
- (1888PressRelease) March 01, 2013 - Chris Hopkins, managing director of Yorkshire based Ploughcroft and a successful entrepreneur on the BBC's Dragon's Den programme, has been awarded accreditation as a Green Deal assessor.
The Green Deal, which launched today (January 28), is the Government's flagship scheme to enable home owners to have energy efficient home improvement measures, such as insulation and new heating systems, installed with no upfront costs.
Chris, who has completed an intensive City and Guilds course to enable him to become a Green Deal assessor, said: "I believe the Green Deal is a massive opportunity for the British public to upgrade their homes and benefit from cheaper fuel bills. In Britain we have some of the least efficient buildings in the world, meaning home owners here often pay a high price for inefficient housing which is draughty, poorly insulated and leaks heat."
From today households in England and Wales who use the Green Deal to make energy saving home improvements will also qualify for hundreds of pounds of cash back from the Green Deal Cashback Scheme. The more work households decide to have done, the more cash they could receive and packages could be worth over £1,000.
The Green Deal aims to help bring buildings up to date by helping to fund energy efficiency improvements to homes, community spaces and businesses without having to front up the cash! Instead repayments are made through the savings made on energy bills and can be paid back over 20-25 years.
There are 45 different types of improvements currently available under the Green Deal, helping people warm up their homes and pay for some or all of the improvements over time through their electricity bill.
The Green Deal is aimed at helping fund energy saving upgrades to properties and has a number of benefits including:
- 26 million homes could qualify
- Up to £6500 available per household which is tied to the home, not the home-owner. If you move, the loan is passed to the new homeowner
- Loan is paid back through energy bills
- Not dependent on income, loans are available to everyone
Repayments MUST be less than the money you will save on your energy bills. So the amount you save will always be greater than the cost of the measure.
Ploughcroft is based in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, and serves customers across Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and Lancashire. Their team has over 20 years' building and roofing experience and is committed to 'green' and environmental issues - as well as becoming a Green Deal assessor Chris Hopkins was chosen by the Government to represent all UK SME businesses on the Green Construction Board.
Green Deal in numbers
- £125 million is available in the Government funded Cashback Scheme
- 8 million households could benefit from solid wall insulation
- 4 million households could benefit from cavity insulation
- 60,000 jobs are expected to be supported in the insulation sector alone by 2015 - up
from 26,000 in 2011
- £3.5 million of funding to training in key Green Deal skills
- £270 a year could be saved if a typical three bedroom semi-detached house installed
just solid wall insulation
- 38% of the UK's total greenhouse gas emissions come from leaky buildings
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