If you are in need of energy efficient heating or insulation, then there are grants available to help. These eco4 guidance grants are free and promise to significantly reduce heating costs for households who qualify. The government has changed the criteria for eligibility, focusing on helping those who need it most. This new phase of the scheme, called ECO4 Flex, has been created to support not only owner-occupied homes, but also those living in privately rented housing (if they have permission from their landlord) and social housing in England, Scotland, and Wales.
eco4 guidance Flex will allow Local Authorities, devolved administrations, and energy suppliers to widen the scope of ECO4 by creating household referral mechanisms. These can be used in conjunction with existing ECO schemes to deliver energy efficiency measures to households that would not otherwise meet the standard ECO4 eligibility criteria, and to enable Local Authorities to tailor ECO4 Flex to their individual areas.
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Each application must demonstrate how the proposed methodology is more effective at identifying households in fuel poverty than methods already available under ECO4, and provide details of any data sources that have been used to make this assessment, along with links if they are publicly accessible. Applicants must also confirm that any commercial considerations have been taken into account, including exclusivity agreements.
Applicants must also ensure that all measured properties are assessed to PAS 2035:2019 standards or, where applicable, MCS certified. Measures that are not assessed to PAS 2035:2019 may only be delivered by route 4 if they receive a 45% uplift following an Ofgem qualitative assessment.
