{"id":109133,"date":"2022-04-11T20:03:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T19:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=109133"},"modified":"2026-02-18T10:10:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:10:06","slug":"heating-engineers-sign-up-government-boiler-upgrade-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/heating-engineers-sign-up-government-boiler-upgrade-scheme\/109133\/","title":{"rendered":"Heating engineers urged to sign up to \u00a3450m Boiler Upgrade Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Heating engineers are being urged to sign up to help deliver a \u00a3450m government Boiler Upgrade Scheme to heat homes and small businesses with green technology<\/h2>\n<p>From 23 May householders and small businesses in England and Wales will get access to grants of up to \u00a36k towards the cost of replacing fossil fuel boilers with more efficient,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/low-carbon-heating-systems\/100547\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> low carbon heating <\/a>technologies &#8211; including air and ground source <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/heat-pump-association-receives-30m-investment\/108977\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">heat pumps<\/a> and biomass boilers.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the scheme is to provide support to property owners, to help meet some of the costs of installation. However, social housing and new buildings will not be eligible.<\/p>\n<p>Through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme property owners will be able to get:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a35k off the cost and installation of an air source heat pump<\/li>\n<li>\u00a35k off the cost and installation of a biomass boiler<\/li>\n<li>\u00a36k off the cost and installation of a ground source heat pump<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The government has also recently announced 0% VAT for 5 years on the installation of heat pumps and biomass boilers.<\/p>\n<p>From today (April 11th) heating engineers can sign up.<\/p>\n<h3>What to do if you\u2019re a heating engineer<\/h3>\n<p>The scheme is installer-led meaning you have greater control of timeframes. You apply to Ofgem for a voucher for the grant, and your customer will provide consent to Ofgem for you to act on their behalf. When the work is complete, you send in your redemption application and the grant will be paid to you.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sign up as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ofgem.gov.uk\/environmental-and-social-schemes\/boiler-upgrade-scheme-bus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">certified installer with Ofgem<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Property owner contacts you about carrying out work<\/li>\n<li>You apply for a grant on behalf of your customer<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Philippa Pickford, director of delivery and schemes at Ofgem, said: &#8220;We are delighted to be working with BEIS in administering the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) on behalf of government. Continuing to decarbonise heat is central to the delivery of Ofgem\u2019s decarbonisation action plan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ofgem.gov.uk\/environmental-and-social-schemes\/boiler-upgrade-scheme-bus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Find out more information on the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heating engineers are being urged to sign up to help deliver a \u00a3450m government Boiler Upgrade Scheme to heat homes and small businesses with green technology. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[307],"tags":[430,673,276,173211,714,656],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-109133","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-energy-news","7":"tag-energy-efficiency","8":"tag-energy","9":"tag-government","10":"tag-heat-pumps","11":"tag-heating","12":"tag-housing"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Heating engineers urged to sign up to \u00a3450m Boiler Upgrade Scheme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Heating engineers are being urged to sign up to help deliver a \u00a3450m government Boiler Upgrade Scheme to heat homes and small businesses with green technology\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/heating-engineers-sign-up-government-boiler-upgrade-scheme\/109133\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Heating engineers urged to sign up to \u00a3450m Boiler Upgrade Scheme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Heating engineers are being urged to sign up to help deliver a \u00a3450m government Boiler Upgrade Scheme to heat homes and small businesses with green technology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/heating-engineers-sign-up-government-boiler-upgrade-scheme\/109133\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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