The Green Deal is a UK government initiative that provides financing for home energy efficiency upgrades. It involves an assessment of potential savings, financing options with repayment through utility bills, and installation of upgrades like insulation, heating systems, and renewable energy. Repayments are attached to the property, not the occupants, and can be financed up to 25 years. The Green Deal aims to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions from homes and businesses.

1. What Is The Green Deal?
The Green Deal is a package of funding, loan systems and industry
standards that the government has developed, all aimed at making
energy saving in the home and work easier for everyone.
Step 1: Assessment
Step 2: Finance
Step 3: Installation
Step 4: Repayment

2. Step 1: Assessment
Green Deal Assessor does an EPC & Occupancy Assessment on a
property & produces a Green Deal Advice Report (GDAR). Assessor
is independent of installers.
Measures recommended must meet the Golden Rule:
‘Savings made must be more than the cost of the work’
The GDAR is portable & can
be given to any Green Deal
Provider...
Properties will be given
behavioural advice.

3. Step 2: Finance
The bill payer talks to a Green Deal Provider who provides details on:
1. Cost of the measures
2. Finance (cost, interest rates, warranties, early repayment
charges)
3. Available funding – you can add your own
It looks like loans will be around 7.5% APR
Green Deal Finance is attached to the property’s electricity meter
so when the resident moves out the charge stays with the property
Up to 25 years if required

4. Step 3: Installation
The Green Deal Provider uses an authorised Green Deal Installer to
install the agreed energy saving measures.
Once work has finished a new
EPC is created to show the new
energy rating.

5. Step 3: Repayments
The Green Deal repayments will appear on the electricity bill as a
separate charge.
The frequency at which the bill-payer receives the electricity bill
doesn’t change.
If the residents change how they use energy
in their home once the Green Deal work has
finished then there is a chance that they
may end up paying more instead of saving
money.

6. Measures
Energy Efficiency:
•Insulation – cavity wall, external & internal wall, hot water
cylinder, roof, room in roof, loft rafter, loft hatch
•Draught proofing
•High thermal performance external doors
•Energy efficiency glazing
Heating upgrades:
•Cylinder thermostats & heating controls
•Storage heaters & heat recovery devices
•Efficient gas & oil boilers, warm air & under floor heating

7. Measures cont.
Microgeneration:
•Biomass boilers & biomass room heater
•Heat pumps
•Micro CHP
•Micro-wind generation
•Solar photovoltaics & Solar water heating
Other:
•Lighting fittings & controls
•Waste water heat recovery
•Devices attached to showers

8. Implications for Museums
Commercial Green Deal
- Museums could make energy improvements
- No upfront costs – spread over 1 to 25 years
- Works well when owner/occupied
- Improve internal comfort for staff/volunteers
Domestic Green Deal
-Community organisations being encouraged to partake
- Raise awareness amongst staff and volunteers
- Save energy at home, save in the workplace
- Some providers may pay referral fees