Green Deal installations must meet Building Regulation requirements. Many Competent Person Schemes are becoming Green Deal Certification Bodies which may mean only recording the installation with one body.
COP (CODE OF PRACTISE)
Document setting out the criteria that advisors, installers, providers and products and systems must adhere to in order to be allowed to operate under the Green Deal.
DECC (Department of Energy and Climate Change)
The Government department in charge of developing Green Deal and issuing licenses to certification bodies to operate.
CERTIFICATION BODY
This is the company that certifies an installer or assessor meeting the required standards to operate as an approved Green Deal Installer or Assessor.
EPC (Energy Performance Certificate)
EPCs give information on how to make your home more energy efficient and reduce your energy costs. All homes bought, sold or rented require an EPC and they will contain key financial information about the Green Deal.
The 3 key aspects required to delivering Green Deal to consumers are:
All 3 aspects need to be involved. However, there is nothing stopping one company delivering all 3 aspects of the service and many of the larger organisations will more than likely follow this route. Generally speaking, the smaller companies will not have the resources to follow this route, so will need to develop local trusted partners, as they won’t want to hand their developed leads to a company that may also highlight other installers to the consumer. It is the Green Deal Provider that holds the contract with the consumer, installers operate as sub-contractors to the Green Deal Provider.
GOLDEN RULE
The Golden Rule underpins how big your Green Deal finance repayments will be - it says you should not have to pay back any more than the savings you'll make on your energy bill as a result of the energy-saving home improvements you've had installed.
In most cases, repayment levels will be based on heating bills for the property or the typical energy bills of a similar property. The Green Deal is designed to try to save the customer at least as much money as they will have to repay. However, the actual level of savings will depend on how much energy is used (eg to heat your home) and the future cost of energy.
GDAR (GREEN DEAL ADVICE REPORT)
This is produced by a Green Deal advisor and consists of an EPC and occupancy assessment.
GDA (GREEN DEAL ADVISOR)
Only a Green Deal Advisor is authorised to carry out and produce a Green Deal Advice Report, recommendations and provide related advice on the Green Deal. A Green Deal Advisor must hold a qualification that meets the standard required by the relevant National Occupational Standards and syllabus and be a registered member of a certification body.
GDA (GREEN DEAL ADVISORY SERVICE)
Every Green Deal Advisor has to be a member of a Green Deal Advisory Service. The Green Deal Advisory Service has to be approved by a Green Deal Certification body against the Green Deal Advisory Service standards. The Green Deal Advisory Service must also be approved to the Green Deal code of practice and the assessment will need to be carried out both on site and at the offices of the organisation. Once approved the Green Deal Advisory Service will appear on the Green Deal register on the oversight body website and will then be able to start working with Green Deal Providers and consumers.
GDI (GREEN DEAL INSTALLER)
Only an authorised Green Deal Installer can install energy efficiency improvements under the Green Deal finance mechanism and use the Green Deal Mark. The Certification Body with an approved DECC license will determine what measures the Green Deal Installer is competent to install. The Certification Body will assess the individuals within a company to ensure competence.
GDP (GREEN DEAL PLAN)
This is the contract that sits between the Green Deal Provider, the improver and the bill payer (if different at the property). It sets out the financial terms of the agreement (eg amount and duration of instalments).
GDP (GREEN DEAL PROVIDER)
The company that coordinates the project and provides the finance. The Green Deal Provider will have links to both Advisors and Installers. Therefore the installer will be a sub-contractor to the Green Deal provider. The Green Deal Provider needs to abide by the Green Deal Code of Practice, provide some form of warranty on the installation, be registered with the Green Deal Oversight Body and will most likely be required to be a member of an ombudsmen. It will also be required to hold a consumer credit license.
GDORB (GREEN DEAL OVERSIGHT AND REGISTRATION BODY)
This body will approve and monitor Green Deal Providers. In addition, the Green Deal Oversight Body will list approved certification bodies, Green Deal Installers and Green Deal Energy Advisors.
MTC (MINIMUM TECHNICAL COMPETENCE)
The level of competence installers and surveyors must achieve to operate as Green Deal Installers. This will generally be assessed by relevant qualifications or an assessment based on appropriate National Occupational Standards.
OCCUPANCY ASSESSMENT
The second part of the Green Deal assessment. The occupancy assessment considers the energy use of the household and the impact this is likely to have on the standard energy savings predicted by the EPC. It also contains a tailored package of measures, based on householders' preferences and behaviour to help households reduce their energy use at no cost.
PAS2030 (Publically Available Standard Number 2030)
This is a document published by the British Standards Institute and lays out both the general requirements for a Green Deal Installer and the specific requirements for individual measures.
PRODUCT
This is the actual product installed under the Green Deal - for example a new boiler
QMS (QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM)
A company’s recorded document showing its organisational structure, procedures, processes and resources.
RDSAP (REDUCED DATA STANDARD ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE)
This is the software package Green Deal Advisors use to determine what energy saving measures can be installed into domestic properties.
SBEM (SIMPLIFIED BUILDING ENERGY MODEL)
This is the software package Green Deal Advisors use to determine what energy saving measures can be installed in commercial properties.
UKAS (UK ACCREDITATION SERVICE)
This is the United Kingdom body which accredits the Certification Bodies to British Standards.