Solent Green Deal Scheme

Future Solent Board Sponsor

Alex Parmley

Project Leader

Gill Flaherty

Committed Organisations

Portsmouth City Council, Eastleigh Borough Council, Southampton City Council, Gosport Borough Council, Winchester City Council, East Hampshire District Council, Havant Borough Council, New Forest District Council, Test Valley BC, Fareham Borough Council and Rushmoore Borough Council.

Project details

This initiative enables homeowners and tenants within the Solent region to make energy efficiency improvements, reduce CO2 emissions & fuel poverty, whilst also ensuring the greatest potential economic benefits are realised within the region in the form of new jobs, supporting existing jobs and new apprenticeship schemes

How it delivers the priorities

Priority 1: New Low Carbon & Green Technology

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Priority 2: Resource Efficiency in Homes and Businesses

Installation of energy saving improvements ensures waste is minimised within the home as well as in businesses.

Priority 3: Generation of Secure, Renewable & Low Carbon Energy in the Solent

N/A

How it delivers the expected outcomes

Promote business growth

Ensure local businesses benefit from the investment in the sub-region’s housing stock and commercial premises. Green Deal will also help lower household spend on energy bills and thus retain spending within the local economy.

Create new/safeguard jobs

The promotion and implementation of the Green Deal requires a workforce and can create new jobs.

Develop an appropriate skills base

Partners in the scheme will be required to provide apprenticeships over the life of the scheme.

Measureable carbon reductions

Energy saving improvements will reduce energy waste and carbon.

What is the Green Deal?

The Green Deal is a scheme that can help you make energy-saving improvements to your home or business, for example:

insulation: solid wall, cavity wall or loft insulation

heating

draught-proofing

double glazing

renewable energy generation - solar panels or heat pumps

Useful Links

To find out more visit the Solent Green Deal website or call Freephone: 0800 052 2242

Contractors can register their interest in becoming an approved Solent Green Deal supplier by visiting the Solent Green Deal website too.

Interested in becoming a Green Deal Installer?

Green Deal Oversight and Registration Body

Tommy Walsh's Eco House is a 10 part series. Click here to see the finished house.

Recent Developments

Solent Green Deal launched! Read the Press release here

Your local show home will be at:

14 Selbourne Terrace, Portsmouth PO1 5AL

Coming to a street near you!

Look out for the Green Deal interactive show homes which will be touring Hampshire over the next year.

More information...

Solent Green Deal launched

Tommy Walsh, celebrity builder and TV presenter, has officially launched the Solent Green Deal, a joint council initiative, in a bid to help Hampshire households drive down their energy costs. The Ground Force presenter joined councillors and local residents for the launch which took place at a specially fitted out home at 48 Atlantic Park View in Eastleigh on Friday 14th June.

The house has been transformed into an energy saving experience to showcase in a fun way, how an array of measures can make a big difference to costs, efficiency, warmth and carbon emissions. The energy saving experience at Atlantic Park View is now open for everybody to visit and exhibits demonstration models, touchscreen panels, and a fun electricity-generating exercise bike.

Advisors will be on hand to discuss how Hampshire residents can become more energy efficient. Visitors will be able to take away free temperature gauges, fridge notepads, bookmarks and colouring packs for children. Opening times will be available on the website. Separate appointments can also be made for school visits.

The Solent Green Deal comprises Southampton City Council, Eastleigh Borough Council, Portsmouth City Council, and is supported by PUSH - the Partnership for Urban South Hampshire. Other councils throughout Hampshire are likely to join over the coming months.

By using the Green Deal, householders could save up to £800 a year. For example, having loft insulation could save people up to £175 a year, internal or external solid wall insulation could save up to £500 a year and by replacing a boiler which is more than 15 years old, could save up to £300 a year from energy bills.

Alex Parmley, speaking on behalf of the Solent Green Deal, said: “This is a really exciting moment which will show how, at a time when energy prices are constantly rising, bills can be brought under control in an affordable and hassle-free way.

We’ll remove the concerns of having an unknown company coming in to their home as well as provide a council assessor and trustworthy quotes from local installers. We’re not a private company so they can rest assured we will always be acting with their individual interests at heart.

People will feel the difference in their warmer homes and see it in their reduced energy bills though the impartial service the Solent Green Deal has to offer.”

The Green Deal involves no upfront spending by households as the costs are paid over a maximum of 25 years through energy bills. The expected energy savings must outweigh the cost of any improvements for the loan to be given.

First, householders are recommended to fill in the Green Deal Wizard to find out what improvements they could have in their home and how much they could save on their energy bills. They can then register their details and request an assessment.

People who sign up early to the Solent Green Deal could be in with a chance of receiving a discount amounting to cashback of up to £1,000. People on benefits or low incomes could be eligible to have the work done free of charge, as could those in properties with solid walls or narrow cavities.

Source: Solent Green Deal