This document discusses various perspectives on the Green Deal, including consumer concerns, gaps in understanding, and potential roles for local authorities and community interest companies. Key uncertainties raised include the cost effectiveness for consumers, uptake levels, cooperation between local authorities, and ensuring impartial advice from businesses. Questions are also posed about funding, eligibility, incentives, governance, and monitoring the impact of the Green Deal.

2. Tenanted properties – high turnover and will there be savings in such short period of occupancy?

3. Long Term investment – need to achieve culture change

4. Businesses – energy not a priority

5. I don’t want it!!!

7. Businesses – are tenants

8. Tenant / Landlord confusion

9. Don’t like the term Consumer – you don’t have to consume.

10. If socially responsible then it’s likely to take off

11. How is this in anyone's interest / benefit?

12. Impartiality of businesses & local knowledge if lacking

14. How will LAs co-operate?

15. Staff resources ( LAs)

16. Funding – Accessing private finance – LA resource constrained.

17. Take up – How attractive is the product? Danger of building capacity but there not being demand.

19. Clear link – handover from CERT to Green Deal

20. Effect on housing market

21. What control can LA have on GD?

22. Incentives for consumers to take up the offer

23. Effect on Fuel Poor

24. LAs supporting one company

26. Reporting?

27. Lack of political will, knowledge and timescales

28. Role of SME installer

30. Convenience

31. Scale of partnership

32. Trust in providers

33. In keeping with council objectives on sustainability and Health and Wellbeing

34. Pooled resources achieve economy of scale

35. LA involvement provides trusted brand

37. Whole house approach

38. 1 stop shop / trusted regional provider

39. Linking all interested parties in a true partnership

40. CIC would be respected

42. Confusing

43. Slow to see the payback

44. Disruptive?

45. Will savings = expenditure?

46. Time – delivering of solution

47. Borrowing

48. Cost – staff time and resources

50. LA funding reducing

51. How to demonstrate “win win” for LA members

52. Timelines – is it feasible to consult for 6 months Oct 2011 and still start in Oct / Nov 2012?

53. Needs more flesh on the bones on cross tenure situation

55. Installer market place is attractive

56. Challenge of agreeing approach in 2-tier authorities

57. CIC may overlap what community / low carbon / CAGs are doing (although potential to buy services from CIC?)

58. Senior involvement from all partners / LAs

60. LA interested in GD but yet to be persuaded that they should be a funding mechanism

61. Political priorities – it has to make financial sense

63. GD may not be the perfect scheme however if LAs don’t get involved now there may be criticism from HH etc. & LAs may miss the chance to influence what the GD will look like locally.

64. What difference will there be from referral to cocoon now for available grants etc to referring to green deal in the future?

65. Availability of funds?

67. EPC & Surveyors – how will quality be guaranteed when most contractors employ & rely on their own employed staff?

68. How is ECO going to be used?

69. How do you decide who is fuel poor and therefore need ECO?

71. What happens to houses that fall between the ATP and the vulnerable i.e. not on benefit but not affluent?

72. What happens with mixed use properties i.e. businesses on ground floor, residential above?

73. How do we engage residents?

74. Will GD apply to mobile homes?

76. How do we ensure that the likes of B & Q are sufficiently trained?

77. How is the pay back worked out?

78. How will Gov’s own housing stock be dealt with? E.g. schools, MOD

79. Can you make savings while paying?

80. Can you have multiple GDs over the years?

82. How does this link to the new planning regime?

83. How can GD be bundled with FiTs/RHI?

84. How do we incentivise GD?

85. How do we take account of the fact that compliance with the “Golden Rule” will change over time?

87. Will people be able (or want to) take up GD for loft and CWI as the cost will be much greater than it is currently?

88. Market changes – how does GD adapt to these?

89. How will LAs co-operate?

91. Does FiT incentive count towards savings for GD loan?

92. Who will cover the cost of the GD Assessment? Is it part of the final measure cost or standalone?

93. How will LA procure the right partners? Competitive tendering?

95. How to get councillors on board who aren’t even interested in cost saving?

96. Will the CIC be a competitive market with it’s members?

98. How would returns for LA be achieved if assets are locked in CIC?

99. Would GD assessors be covered by CSA rules if giving advice on a financial product?

100. Will there be performance targets which will drive LA involvement in GD?

102. How will transition between CERT to GD be smooth when transition from CERT to CERT2 wasn’t and it was ultimately the same programme?

104. What form will “affordable solutions” take?Can these be used in GD?

105. How can LA measure what green deal installations take place?

106. Will LA be happy to promote a “loan” scheme or support a single provider? ( reputation – endorsing a provider)