DECC has announced that the £70 million available through the recent third release of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) has now been fully allocated.
This has created a pipeline of energy efficiency work for the industry over the coming months, with households in England and Wales benefiting from improvements carried out under the scheme.
An additional £5 million, remaining from release two of GDHIF, is being made available immediately so householders can continue to apply for funding to make energy saving home improvements. The funding will be allocated as follows:
- up to £1,250 for installing two measures from an approved list;
- up to £100 refunded for a Green Deal Assessment if it recommends the measures applied for;
- up to £500 more if applying within 12 months of buying a new home.
Money for GDHIF is part of over half a billion pounds allocated for household energy efficiency between 2014 – 2017.
Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey said: “The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund is extremely popular, and the third release has proved no exception. Thanks to this scheme some of the country’s leakiest homes will be warmer and cheaper to heat - permanently.”