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It is hoped the new grant will encourage homeowners to adopt green technology
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Government announces heat pump grants Three-year plan aims to decrease Britain’s dependence on gas for domestic heating and hot water NEXT APRIL, HOMEOWNERS in England and Wales will benefit from £5,000 government grants through a £450m, three-year Boiler Upgrade Scheme. Through the Heat and Buildings Strategy, the government plans to incentivise people to install low-carbon heating systems. This will significantly reduce the UK’s dependency on fossil
fuels and exposure to global price spikes, whilst supporting up to 240,000 jobs across the UK by 2035. The transition over the next 14 years will see households move away from fossil fuel boilers when they need replacing, rather than forcing households to remove existing boilers. Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, said: “We are backing our brilliant innovators to
make clean technology as cheap to buy and run as gas boilers – supporting thousands of green jobs.” Kevin Wellman, chief executive officer of the CIPHE, said the project will require greater focus on training. “The industry needs support to train up to 100,000 installers in low-carbon technologies to ensure systems are designed and installed correctly. It is imperative that installers are trained to NVQ level 3 or equivalent and be in possession of the CIPHE’s Low Temperature Heating and Hot Water design qualification [see page 30]. The world is watching the UK closely, so it’s crucial that the government strategy pulls together the many strands required to make it work.”
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UWLA welcomes net-zero strategy
Yvonne Orgill says she hopes the sector will use UWLA products in making changes
The Unified Water Label Association (UWLA) has welcomed the launch of the CO2nstructZero change programme, which details the commitments made by the industry to reduce carbon emissions. The initiative, led by the Construction Leadership Council (CLC), includes a Performance Framework, which sets out how the sector will commit to and measure its progress towards net zero. Yvonne Orgill, UWLA managing director, said: “This represents a step change in opinion about the need to act
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now, with more than 2,500 comments received to shape the framework. Whilst many of the metrics focus on the activities and output from firms within the sector, others relate to the delivery of energy savings in the building of new homes and the CLC retrofit strategy of existing properties. “We are looking forward to continuing the dialogue with the construction industry and the retrofitting sector to encourage the use of UWLA products.” Read more at: bit.ly/3B48TyV
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