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With the Governments Energy Company Obligation gaining momentum and press coverage of the scheme increasing, Elmhurst Energy is pleased to release a brand new CPD course dedicated to ECO! CPD 19 – Introducing ECO and the ECO Calculator Focused solely on ECO, our latest CPD course, Introducing ECO and the ECO Calculator, is designed to provide assessors with a clear explanation of ECO and Elmhurst ECO, our online ECO calculator.The three hour training course will
Elmhurst Energy is excited to introduce Elmhurst ECO! Quick and easy to use, Elmhurst's new online software application allows users to instantly calculate the ECO results required for application to the governments Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme, a new mandatory requirement for all large gas and electricity suppliers to fund energy efficiency improvements to dwellings in the UK. There are currently three ECO targets, all of which require a report to recommend energy saving measures
The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has recently announced an additional £20 million scheme, to help drive the Green Deal via Local Authorities. The Green Deal Communities Scheme will allow Local Authorities to bid for funding, from the £20m, to put towards promoting the Green Deal on a street by street basis. Local Authorities will be able to identify the streets in their regions that would most benefit from the Green Deal process,
Elmhurst Energy is pleased to announce that the latest update for its market leading Design SAP software has been released! This update is a result of the Scottish Building Regulation changes announced on the 9th January 2013, regarding the lodgement of new build dwelling EPCs to the Scottish register. The changes came into effect on 30th June 2013, and since then the Scottish Register has been able to accept lodgements of new build EPCs in
The Scottish Government is offering owner occupiers, private and social tenants and private sector landlords up to £1,200 towards energy efficiency measures that are recommended in the Green Deal assessment. Up to £500 is available for insulation measures, up to £400 for a boiler and up to £300 for other measures (such as glazing, LED lighting and heating controls). Properties eligible for this scheme will require a Green Deal assessment before installing energy saving measures,
Skills Development Scotland has recently launched the Low Carbon Skills Fund for 2013-2014. The fund gives Scottish businesses with under 250 employees the opportunity to apply for up to £12,500 towards employee training costs. It provides funding for up to 25 training sessions and covers up to 50% of the cost, with a maximum of £500 per session. By increasing expertise in this growth area, Skills Development Scotland aims to harness the opportunities offered by
Earlier this year the Scottish Building Standards Division (BSD) announced a number of updates that effect the production of New Build EPCs in Scotland. You can read the full report here or see below for an update on lodging EPCs in Scotland. From the 30th June 2013, the building regulations in Scotland will be brought in line with England and Wales to require all EPCs for new build properties* to be lodged onto a central
Elmhurst Energy is pleased to announce the release of RdSAP GO! User-friendly and accessible both online and offline, our RdSAP GO software allows Elmhurst DEAs to produce EPCs and EPRs on-site whilst incorporating the same ease of functionality as Elmhurst’s online RdSAP software. The software, released yesterday, is available to all Elmhurst Certified DEAs free of charge and will enable assessors to enter survey data and instantly calculate results remotely, even when an internet connection
Last week the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) released a set of up to date Green Deal and ECO statistics that show a significant increase in the number of Green Deal Assessments taking place, a positive report following the initial slow up-take of the scheme. The report shows that 7465 Green Deal Reports were lodged in March, compared to only 1729 in February. Since the last statement in February, the number of GDAOs
Elmhurst has been informed by DCLG that the fees for lodging to the Landmark registers are to be increased from 6th April 2013. Specifically this will affect the lodgement of Domestic and Non-Domestic Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), Display Energy Certificates (DECs) and Air Conditioning Inspection Reports (ACIRs). The fee for domestic lodgements will rise to £1.67 and Non-Domestic lodgements will rise to £11.81. Elmhurst would like to express our surprise and disappointment at this increase, we will be protesting
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