Funding Programmes - Low Carbon Buildings Programme

Phase 1

The low carbon buildings programme can only be used to subsidise the installation of approved microgeneration and low-zero carbon technologies. Grant assistance is therefore not available for conventional heating technologies such as condensing gas boilers or modern electric heating.

Ground Source Heat Pumps

The Dimplex range of Ground Source heat pumps are accredited under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme, allowing all installations of these products to attract the maximum £1200 per installation grant.

Click here for details on the Dimplex Ground Source heat pump range

Click here for the Low Carbon Buildings Programme Ground Source Heat Pump factsheet

Dimplex supply heat pumps exclusively through a network of Approved Heat Pump Installer Partners, all of whom are fully trained and experienced in the design, installation and commissioning of Dimplex heat pumps. Most of these Installer Partners are also Low Carbon Buildings Programme accredited heat pump installers.

Click here for a list of Dimplex Heat Pump Installer Partners.

Air and Water Source Heat Pumps

The Low Carbon Buildings Programme also aims to provide support for these types of heat pump, which were previously not supported by ClearSkies. However details of the accreditation scheme for products and installers have not yet been released, meaning it is currently not possible to obtain grants for these products.

The BRE (Buildings Research Establishment) has been appointed as the official accreditation body for the LCBP and have stated that they expect to have accreditation in place for air and water source heat pumps by spring 2007.

Dimplex are currently lobbying hard for an improvement in this timescale.

Click here for details on the Dimplex Air Source heat pump range

Renewables and Building Regulations Part L Compliance

Integrating renewable technologies into the design of new buildings can make a significant contribution to the carbon savings required to demonstrate compliance with Building Regulations Part L, as well as satisfying local planning policies for the integration of renewables in new buildings to meet the requirements of PPS22 (see: Policy Initiatives > Planning Policy Statement 22 (PPS22)).

Details of how renewable energy technologies such as solar thermal panels or heat pumps can help with Part L compliance are covered the Part L (see: Building Regulations > Part L – England & Wales) and SAP (see: Building Regulations > SAP) sections of this website.