There is a lot to know about the Green Deal. Since it’s inception, I have been following it’s progress up to this point. So, I thought I would compile a list of posts on which I have directly covered the Green Deal or mentioned it as part of one of my posts. This list is here for anyone who wishes to catch up on the progress of the scheme, for anyone trying to find out bits of information about or just generally finds this subject of interest! At the bottom I have included a few links to other helpful resources about the Green Deal. It goes from earliest post at the top, to latest post at the bottom:
September 2012
Green Deal Starts Today!
Quick! I hope you've made it in to the office early this morning to help cope with all the leads that will surely come in now that the Green Deal has now been launched. Oh [...]
One Week To Go
Well, a week from now, we shall all be heralding the start of the long awaited Green Deal. So, lets crack the champagne open and look forward to the massive influx of new work that [...]
Green Deal WILL Start On October 1st…But Not Really!
Which? held a live Q & A session with Secretary of State for energy Ed Davey earlier on today (13th September), and there were some quality questions posed by readers. Some were relevant to windows, [...]
18 Days Till Green Deal
After months and months of debating, reports, discussions and speculation, we're counting down the launch of the Green Deal in days now rather than months. The Government's flagship Green Scheme to help upgrade the housing [...]
August 2012
Green Deal Vote So Far
A month or two ago I put up the poll that you currently see on the right hand side, after I attended a DODS/GGF/Green Deal meeting. I wanted to gauge people's thoughts on whether or [...]
EU May Cost The UK The Green Deal
One of the main selling points of the Green Deal is that the products included in the scheme are granted the lower 5% rate of VAT (bar windows but that is another matter!). The 5% [...]
July 2012
DODS, GGF And All Things Green Deal
On Friday, I was lucky enough to attend this months DODS Green Deal Roundtable meeting, sponsored by the GGF. These meetings have been created with the aim to get everyone involved in the Green Deal [...]
GGF Will Not Support Legal Action
A couple of days ago I wrote about Crystal Home Improvements taking it upon themselves to attempt to start legal action against the Government over the Green Deal. Their aim is to stop the scheme [...]
Green Deal To Hit A Legal Snag?
As the deadline for the introduction of the Green Deal gets ever closer, SME's are becoming increasingly vocal with their worries about the scheme. A lot are of the opinion that they are going to [...]
Letter From Ed Balls
A couple of months ago I sent an email to our local MP, Ed Balls, to express my concern about the lack of fairness when it comes to energy efficient windows and their inclusion in [...]
Some (hopefully) useful links to other Green Deal resources on the web:
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/tackling/green_deal/green_deal.aspx
http://www.which.co.uk/campaigns/energy-and-environment/the-green-deal/what-is-the-green-deal/