ECO4 Boiler Grant
The ECO4 grant scheme is backed by the UK government, which came into force in August 2022 and will continue until 31st March 2026. It is intended to make homes energy-efficient and decrease carbon emissions, helping individuals and families improve their home’s heat retention, leading to less use of electricity and gas to keep internal spaces warm.
Green Home Grants UK provides you with services regarding ECO4 grants, helping you make your home more energy-efficient. In this way, you can get heating improvements and better insulation at your property without paying any cost. We also help you contribute towards lowering carbon emissions as less energy will be utilised to keep your home warm.
ECO is the acronym for Energy Company Obligation, which has four parts. This policy is aimed at making houses warmer and lowering household emissions by making large energy companies accountable to support low-income households. This scheme is also a part of primary legislation whose core objective is to alleviate fuel poverty by adopting a comprehensive approach which emphasises to upgrade the heating systems.
The ECO3 scheme ran from 2018 to 2022 which was intended to provide grant benefits to low-income households. The main focus of this scheme was to turn the least energy efficient houses into safe and warm homes to alleviate fuel proverty.
Now, this scheme has been replaced by ECO4 that aims at providing a larger funding range for vulnerable households to improve their home’s energy efficiency and heating. Moreover, the assessment process for eligibility check corresponding to this grant is also one week which was previously four weeks for the ECO3 scheme. Based on its minimum energy efficiency guidelines, this scheme has positively impacted almost 2.3 million homes since 2013.
Requirements
ECO4 grants can be availed by:- Homeowners or Private Tenants
- Individuals Receiving Income-Related Benefits
- Properties with Inefficient Heating Systems
- Properties with Low EPC Score (F or G band)
Eligibility Criteria
To ensure funding access and sufficient support to low-income families, individuals with the following benefits are eligible for the ECO4 scheme:- Child Tax Credits
- Jobseekers Allowance
- Income Support
- Warm Home Discount Rebate
- Pension Credit Guarantee Credit
- Employment & Support Allowance
- Universal Credit
- Housing Benefit
- Pension Credit Saving Credit
- Working Tax Credit
- Child Benefits
- Single Parent
- 1 Child: £19,000
- 2 Children: £24,800
- 3 Children: £29,600
- 4+ Children: £34,500
- Parents in a Couple
- 1 Child: £27,500
- 2 Children: £32,300
- 3 Children: £37,200
- 4+ Children: £42,000
You can apply for the ECO4 scheme in the following steps:
- Gather all the required documents, including income confirmation and qualifying benefits.
- Fill the application form and submit the required details.
- We will determine your eligibility by navigating the information provided via online application form.
- We will contact you and take you through a step-by-step process for ECO4 grant acquisition.
- We will arrange a date and time to conduct your property’s survey after approval of the grant.
- We assess the suitable improvements to make your property energy efficient.
- We install central heating system, energy efficient boiler, air source heat pump, loft insulation, internal insulation, underfloor heating insulation, or smart controls based on your property’s energy efficiency requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions
The ECO3 concluded in March 2022, after which the ECO4 scheme became effective. The main difference between these two schemes is that there are some qualifying benefits which are no longer eligible under ECO4, which include:
- Carer’s Allowance
- Personal Independent Payment
- Constant Attendance Allowance
- Attendance Allowance
- Severe Disablement Allowance
- War Pensions Mobility Supplement
- Armed Forces Independent Payment
- Disability Living Allowance
- Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
The ECO4 scheme is in force throughout England, Scotland, and Wales to ensure all the regions receive optimised heating systems benefits installed under the ECO4 boiler grant scheme.
The grants provided under the ECO4 scheme help to reduce the immediate energy costs, promising lifetime savings for beneficiaries, particularly for income-vulnerable households. These grants also assist in reducing carbon emissions to make homes sustainable for the future.
The Government ECO boiler scheme has been introduced to help low-income and vulnerable households replace inefficient and broken heating systems with efficient ones. In this way, the government intends to help people make their homes energy efficient with enhanced savings on energy bills.
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