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NICEIC and SNIPEF are working together to help Scottish contractors diversify into renewables
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Route to registration Registration with NICEIC is simple. To become MCS-registered you will need a visit from an NICEIC assessor. This will include a site assessment to demonstrate the installation quality against the applicable microgeneration installation standards (MIS) and an office audit to ensure the appropriate documentation is in place to satisfy the scheme requirements assessed against MCS001. Once your application and assessment are successful your customers will be eligible to receive government incentives such as feed-in tariffs (FITs) for electricity generation or the renewable heat incentive (RHI) for heat generation. Green Deal The Green Deal scheme works in a similar way to MCS. Registration is 12
Going green awarded against compliance with the requirements of PAS 2030 and covers a range of energy-saving technologies, from boiler replacements to insulation, windows and renewable technologies. Once certification to PAS 2030 has been awarded by NICEIC, installers are also able to access ECO funded work and Green Deal funding for customers. Two SNIPEF members have already attained Green Deal registered status and are enjoying the benefits it brings. They are Pitkerro Plumbing and Heating Ltd, based in Dundee, and Grange Energy Services in West Lothian. “Our application process and contractor-focused guidance helps make the certification experience as clear as possible and ensures that those with the appropriate skills and knowledge to install energy-saving measures will find it easy to enter the market,” says NICEIC’s Green Deal sector specialist Dani Putney.
NICEIC was named certification body of the year at the 2014 Green Deal & ECO Awards
NICEIC is the market leader in both MCS and Green Deal installer certification schemes and was named certification body of the year at the 2014 Green Deal & ECO Awards. More than 1,100 firms are currently signed up for Green Deal certification with NICEIC and a further 1,500 for the MCS scheme. “MCS and Green Deal certified firms have greater opportunities to work in the growing ‘green’ sector,” says Putney. “And NICEIC registration gives the consumer confidence that the company has been checked and assessed as competent.” SNIPEF SNIPEF has just over 750 member firms, employing more than 3,500 plumbers and 700 plumbing apprentices. It operates an “approved certifier of construction” scheme for drainage, heating and plumbing works, which are subject to a Building Warrant. More than 100 approved certifiers are now members of the scheme and are self-certifying work without waiting for Local Authority Building Control inspection. For more information about SNIPEF go to www.snipef.org For more information about the NICEIC MCS and Green Deal log on to www.niceic.com/contractor/green-deal
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ICEIC and SNIPEF have established a partnership that provides access to a range of certification schemes tailored to the needs of SNIPEF (Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation) members. One of the main benefits of this partnership is access to the microgeneration certification scheme (MCS) for any of the approved technologies, allowing SNIPEF members to diversify into new areas. The Green Deal scheme also offers significant opportunities for firms involved in the heating, plumbing, electrical and insulation industries. MCS consists of a number of technologies, which can be combined to provide an entire energy management solution for customers or installed in isolation. These include: • Solar photovoltaic (MIS3002); • Solar thermal (MIS3001); • Ground and air source heat pumps (MIS3005); • Wind turbines (MIS3003); • Biomass boilers (MIS3004); • Combined heat and power systems (CHP) (MIS3007).
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