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Maximising Energy Savings and Minimising Environmental Impact through Government Backed Initiatives & Consumer-Funded Projects
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Unlock the potential for energy savings and environmental stewardship with The Eco Advisory Bureau. Supporting the UK Government, we offer transparent and reliable guidance on all aspects of the ECO4 & Great British Insulation Schemes, the Boiler Replacement Scheme, as well as consumer-funded initiatives. Our expertise empowers you to take decisive steps toward reducing energy consumption and minimising your carbon footprint. Partner with us and embark on your journey toward a more sustainable future.
ABOUT US
The Eco Advisory Bureau was founded with the mission to provide precise, transparent, and ethical guidance to UK consumers, aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of UK households through various Government-funded initiatives. These include the Energy Company Obligation (ECO4), the Great British Insulation Scheme (GBIS), and the Boiler Replacement Grant. Our role involves delivering detailed yet accessible information related to these Government initiatives.
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Since its inception over two decades ago, we have actively supported Britain's ECO initiative, collaborating on significant energy conservation projects across the UK under the ECO1, ECO2, and ECO3 frameworks.
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Our team comprises of highly experienced Eco advisors who are dedicated to addressing inquiries regarding the latest ECO4 and GBIS schemes, assisting individuals in navigating associated terms and conditions. Our objective is to foster confidence in these initiatives and demonstrate to UK consumers the benefits available for enhancing home warmth and energy efficiency.
The majority of opportunities within these schemes are either cost-free or involve minimal financial investment, yet yield substantial rewards. We aim to guide individuals on the optimal utilisation of Government and energy company offerings to minimise their environmental impact.
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Over the past two decades, we have extended our support to diverse sectors including manufacturing, educational institutions, community initiatives, and rural development projects.
ECO4 has delivered 3.1m insulation, heating, and other measures to over 2.3m households.
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ECO4 is primarily focused on the most vulnerable in our society – delivering an estimated average cost savings of £290 per year for those households.
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The total cost savings delivered by ECO3, the previous scheme to Eco 4 is estimated to be worth £8.253b.
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The Insulation Assurance Authority (IAA) stated in their most recent report that retrofitted properties have collectively saved £6.2 billion.
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Statistics from The National Energy Action Charity show England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are on target to hitting fuel poverty targets.
The Energy Company Obligation (ECO4) is a government energy-efficiency scheme in Great Britain, designed to tackle fuel poverty and help reduce carbon emissions. ECO4 is the most recent obligation placed on energy companies to deliver energy efficiency measures to domestic premises. Unlike previous ECO schemes the new ECO4 grant is intended to be accessible to a wider range of people and more fuel impoverished homes. This next phase offers improved energy efficiency measures and scoring methodology to ensure the least energy efficient homes and properties of vulnerable and fuel poor homeowners are reached first and receive greater support. ECO4 is not a grant scheme; it is up to the energy companies to determine which retrofit projects they choose to fund, the level of funding they provide, and the Retrofit Coordinator and installers that they choose to work with.
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In recent years energy companies have been accumulating funds to pay for the initiatives under ECO4. This money has been funded by you the bill payer. What you may not know is that we have all been paying a green levy on our energy bills of around 8%, which energy companies will use to fund the initiatives as part of ECO4
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ECO4 measures were able to be delivered from the 1 April 2022 and will run until 31 March 2026.
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ECO4 focuses on improving the least energy efficient homes and households in fuel poverty, as only properties in bands D-G can be treated. It also aims to deliver a more complete upgrade of those homes, shifting to a multi-measure whole-house retrofit approach. Furthermore, a minimum number of private tenure homes in energy efficiency rating band E, F and G must be upgraded throughout ECO4, ensuring the least efficient homes are treated.
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There is a new Minimum Requirement (MR) to improve the energy efficiency rating of band D and E homes to at least a band C and band F and G homes to at least a band D. ECO4 aims to encourage the installation of various energy efficient measures such as insulation measures, first time central heating, renewable heating, and district heating connections and whats more it is all offered at no cost to you, the homeowner or renter
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For more information on SAP band requirements, MRs, and ECO4 measures, please refer to our Draft ECO4 Guidance: Delivery.
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The Eco4 Initiatives
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100% FREE Insulation Upgrades for your home. NO BENEFITS REQUIRED!.
If you are a Homeowner or Tenant and your home must fall within Council Tax Bands A - D. Your home will need to have an energy efficiency rating of D - G which you can check at Find an Energy Certificate.
