Timeline blog: 2010-2011 – energy efficiency initiatives for the UK and a milestone for Logic Certification
03 Jun 2024
In March 2010, regulations relating to boiler installations in the Building Regulations were tightened up, the Government’s plans for a new Boiler Scrappage Scheme were announced, and Feed-in Tariffs (FIT) for renewable energy suppliers were introduced. Gas Safe Register’s remit was extended to include Northern Ireland in 2010, and it launched its annual Gas Safety Week for the first time in 2011.
For Logic Certification, 2010 was the year that the company applied to Ofqual for Awarding Body Status for its QCF units. This was granted the following year when Ofqual’s seal of approval gave the company a boost in developing, delivering, and awarding QCF qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Boiler scrappage
The first iteration of the Government’s Boiler Scrappage Scheme came into effect on 5th January 2010. It was designed to encourage people to replace old and inefficient gas boilers with more efficient A-rated models - or renewable heating systems such as biomass boilers or heat pumps.
125,000 vouchers were issued to qualifying households across England offering £400 towards the cost of new energy efficient heating systems. It was expected that in replacing old with new, households would cut approximately £200 off their annual heating bills as well as reducing carbon emissions. The scheme was popular, and all 125,000 vouchers were claimed within a few months, at which point the scheme was closed. Since then, there have been a number of similar initiatives, but these have been targeted at low-income households, rather than those running the least efficient boilers.
As well as improving energy efficiency, the Government scheme gave the heating industry and heating engineers a boost and a few months later, in March 2010, Part 6 was written into the Building Regulations, imposing new energy efficiency requirements for renovations and extensions and stipulating the use of A-rated gas boilers in all new developments.
Feed in Tariffs
On 1st April 2010 the Government’s Feed-in Tariffs (FIT) scheme was introduced to promote the uptake of renewable and low-carbon electricity generation. The scheme required participating electricity suppliers to make payments for electricity generated and exported by accredited installations, which ranged from individual households to larger commercial enterprises. Anyone with an approved renewables installation could apply. This included solar PV, wind and hydro and there was rapid growth in interest in renewables and a large surge in the need for installation training.
Logic Certification was quick to capitalise on this, designing and delivering specialist qualifications that its approved centres could offer heating engineers looking to move into renewables.
At this time, things were going well for Logic Certification. The business was growing, and by May 2011, the company had issued 100K certificates. It was not bad going, considering the company was still in its early years.
In March 2010, regulations relating to boiler installations in the Building Regulations were tightened up, the Government’s plans for a new Boiler Scrappage Scheme were announced, and Feed-in Tariffs (FIT) for renewable energy suppliers were introduced. Gas Safe Register’s remit was extended to include Northern Ireland in 2010, and it launched its annual Gas Safety Week for the first time in 2011.
For Logic Certification, 2010 was the year that the company applied to Ofqual for Awarding Body Status for its QCF units. This was granted the following year when Ofqual’s seal of approval gave the company a boost in developing, delivering, and awarding QCF qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Boiler scrappage
The first iteration of the Government’s Boiler Scrappage Scheme came into effect on 5th January 2010. It was designed to encourage people to replace old and inefficient gas boilers with more efficient A-rated models - or renewable heating systems such as biomass boilers or heat pumps.
125,000 vouchers were issued to qualifying households across England offering £400 towards the cost of new energy efficient heating systems. It was expected that in replacing old with new, households would cut approximately £200 off their annual heating bills as well as reducing carbon emissions. The scheme was popular, and all 125,000 vouchers were claimed within a few months, at which point the scheme was closed. Since then, there have been a number of similar initiatives, but these have been targeted at low-income households, rather than those running the least efficient boilers.
As well as improving energy efficiency, the Government scheme gave the heating industry and heating engineers a boost and a few months later, in March 2010, Part 6 was written into the Building Regulations, imposing new energy efficiency requirements for renovations and extensions and stipulating the use of A-rated gas boilers in all new developments.
Feed in Tariffs
On 1st April 2010 the Government’s Feed-in Tariffs (FIT) scheme was introduced to promote the uptake of renewable and low-carbon electricity generation. The scheme required participating electricity suppliers to make payments for electricity generated and exported by accredited installations, which ranged from individual households to larger commercial enterprises. Anyone with an approved renewables installation could apply. This included solar PV, wind and hydro and there was rapid growth in interest in renewables and a large surge in the need for installation training.
Logic Certification was quick to capitalise on this, designing and delivering specialist qualifications that its approved centres could offer heating engineers looking to move into renewables.
At this time, things were going well for Logic Certification. The business was growing, and by May 2011, the company had issued 100K certificates. It was not bad going, considering the company was still in its early years.