Your Low Carbon Fix: the bite-size way to keep up to date on what’s new in green technologies.

The private rented sector will be a key area for the low carbon economy as installers look to introduce new energy saving technologies into homes. Paul Collins, NICEIC and ELECSA Technical Services Manager, explains how these changes are likely to happen.

The private rented sector will be a key area for the low carbon economy as installers look to introduce new energy saving technologies into homes. Paul Collins, NICEIC and ELECSA Technical Services Manager, explains how these changes are likely to happen.

Your Low Carbon Fix: the bite-size way to keep up to date on what’s new in green technologies.

The Government’s Green Homes Grant Scheme goes live on September 1st and is seen as an opportunity to “jump start” the building services industry. Homeowners can get up to £5000 to fund energy saving improvements. Dani Putney, NICEIC and ELECSA Quality and Risk Officer, has the latest on the scheme for installers.

The Government has announced plans for its new Green Homes Grant Scheme which will lead to homeowners offered up to £5000 to introduce energy saving improvements. Full information about the scheme has yet to be released but as Paul Collins, NICEIC and ELECSA Technical Services Manager, explains, it should bring a boost for homeowners and installers.

Smart home technologies are having an increasing influence on our lives. This work is now taking off in the building services industry but what are the big three low carbon technologies for installers to keep an eye out for?

Heat pumps are in the headlines again as the Government looks to give the low carbon economy a kick-start. Experts believe that millions of heat pumps will need to be installed in the UK by 2050. Paul Collins, NICEIC and ELECSA Technical Services Manager, explains what this means to gas installers.  Duration: 2m.56s.

The transition for complying with the new requirements for EV charging installation work relating to Amendment 1 of BS7671 ends on July 31. As a result of the changes installation work will be easier for electrical contractors and allow them to take on board advances in new technologies.

Duration: 2m.50s.

The Government has announced plans for its Clean Heat Grant Scheme which will see consumers or businesses offered up to £4000 to introduce low carbon technologies. In the first of our new podcasts, Your Low Carbon Fix, Paul Collins, NICEIC and ELECSA Technical Services Manager, explains what this will mean to the installer.

Duration: 2m.38s.