
The Each Home Counts review, first launched in 2016, proposed the introduction of a quality mark for all energy efficiency and renewable energy measures, which will no longer go ahead.
When announced, many within the industry had concerns that additional red tape and costs would be foisted on them, according to the Heating and Hot Water Industry Council (HHIC), which opposed the introduction of the new quality mark.
Following a meeting between the HHIC, members of the implementation board and BEIS officials, the gas and oil heating industry will “not be burdened by the additional requirements of the proposed quality mark”. This has subsequently been confirmed in writing by the Chair of the Implementation Board, Dr Howard Porter.
The HHIC and its members called for a framework which would not increase bureaucracy, proposing the following changes, which have since been confirmed by the implementation board:
Stewart Clements, Director of the HHIC, said: “We are pleased to receive this clarification. Heating installers work hard to gain accreditation, and we have already got many tools in place to indicate quality – Gas Safe Register, PAS 2030 and the Competent Persons Scheme to name just a few, so we were wary about adding another scheme to the mix.
“Following a productive meeting with the implementation board, boiler manufacturers are now to be excluded from new accreditation schemes for their products, and installers will be able to decide whether or not this is a scheme they would like to a be part of.”
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