Solar panal grants with new build?

[jen007]

Hi guys,

Just wondering if any of you know, is the grant for installing solar panals only for existing houses. We are in the process of building at the moment and are looking at putting these up, are we not entitled to the grant because its a new house..

Any info would be great.

Jen

 

[Samantha]

Re: Solar panal grants with new build??

no, grant is not for new home

See SEI website for details - link below

[broken link removed]

 

[sydthebeat]

Re: Solar panal grants with new build??

The 'current' grant system is for retro-fit into existing houses. The 'new' dwelling phase of the grant is over.

The reason for this is as follows:
Its makes a lot more sense to provide public funding by means of grant aiding to existing houses whose building energy rating may be a D or E rating, than to provide public funding to a new dwelling that will be required to (under current building regulations) :
(a) have a BER rating in the range of B2-B3 (usually)
(b) have a minimum of 10kwh/y/m2 of its heating energy (or 4kwh/y/m2 of electricity) supplied from renewable sources

Proportionally, the energy saved on a D house are massive compared to a B dwellings for the same rate of public funding.

The 2005 regulations will be applicable to you IF you do manage to get the building to wallplate level by 1st july 2009. If not, then the 2007 regs become applicable. The 2005 regs require a good level of energy conservation anyway, with minimum u values required to be met. Generally these would result in a C2-C1 BER rating...

Over the life of your dwelling you will save a huge amount on energy costs when building to current minimum building regulations, compared to a dwelling build say 15 years ago...

 

[madbuilder]

Re: Solar panal grants with new build??

The 2005 regulations will be applicable to you IF you do manage to get the building to wallplate level by 1st july 2009. If not, then the 2007 regs become applicable. The 2005 regs require a good level of energy conservation anyway, with minimum u values required to be met. Generally these would result in a C2-C1 BER rating...

Syd

I was told by sei I wouldn't receive the grant for solar panels a month ago, I was told no more grants for new builds. Iam at wall plate now, are you saying I should therfore be entitled to the grant?

 

[Leo]

Re: Solar panal grants with new build??

I was told by sei I wouldn't receive the grant for solar panels a month ago, I was told no more grants for new builds. Iam at wall plate now, are you saying I should therfore be entitled to the grant?

The building regs applicable are in no way related to the SEI grants available. As Syd points out, no grant applications are being accepted for new builds.
Leo

 

[dieseldave]

Re: Solar panal grants with new build??

Does anyone know what prices these units are after the grant and what about using them in a hard water area?

 

[Leo]

Re: Solar panal grants with new build??

Does anyone know what prices these units are after the grant and what about using them in a hard water area?

and [broken link removed] sites have a price list. If you want to claim the grant, you need to use a registered installer. You're looking at in the region of 4k for a fully commissioned system I believe. Just looking into this at the moment myself.
Leo