UKGBC responds to changes in retrofit schemes
These proposed changes to the Energy Company Obligation (ECO4) scheme and Great British Insulation Scheme (GBIS) are welcome as improvements to existing schemes which require greater efficiencies and greater learnings from scheme to scheme. We strongly support the introduction of Pay for Performance which is long overdue. The measurement of performance is fundamental to providing good outcomes for householders and beyond. We strongly support PFP as an initial mechanism to scaling uptake and deployment to ensure the wider societal benefits of retrofit are felt.
Any retrofit schemes should be locally focused, providing long-term solutions which support local areas. We need to see policies to equip local authorities with the skills and resources to carry out retrofit programmes. The Government should give local authorities and councils the devolved powers, responsibility, and resources they need to play a major role in the delivery of a nationwide home upgrade programme. The success of national retrofit schemes requires longer timescales to those currently on offer. This means setting out a 10 year strategic programme, with an initial 5 years of funding committed. This will build industry and financier confidence to invest, previous short windows and stop-start schemes have meant there was little trust or time for supply chain development.
The full details of the Warm Homes Plan expected in spring 2025 must draw on industry experience and be coordinated at both national and local levels.
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