The Green Homes Grant is a government-funded voucher scheme to help domestic customers install energy efficiency measures on their homes, helping them reduce their energy bills and their carbon emissions.

Under the new scheme, the Government will fund up to two thirds of the cost of home improvements for over 600,000 homes, supporting over 100,000 jobs in green construction. 

The Green Homes Grant is a key part of our green economic recovery following COVID-19, which will also help us on the road towards reaching net zero emissions by 2050.

The Green Homes Grant applies to England only – so won’t cover homes in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

The Green Homes Grant allows homeowners to apply for a voucher that funds up to two thirds of the cost of hiring trades people to upgrade the energy performance of their homes – up to a maximum contribution of £5,000. It could help save families up to £600 a year on their energy bills.

For example, if a homeowner of a semi-detached or end-terrace installed cavity wall and floor insulation, costing around £4,000, the homeowner would pay just £1,320 – with the government paying £2,680. Doing so could save the owner over £200 annually on their bills and reduce their carbon footprint by cutting 700 kg of CO2 a year from their home alone. 

Low income and vulnerable households, including park homeowners and those on certain benefits, will be eligible for a grant covering up to 100% of the cost, up to £10,000.

Vouchers will contribute towards the cost of specific home insulation and/or low carbon heating measures. Homeowners and social and private landlords will need to use their voucher to install at least one of the following, which they will receive before works commence: 

1. Solid wall, under-floor, cavity wall, loft, flat roof, room in roof or park home insulation; or
2. Air source or ground source heat pump or solar thermal (where the home is suitably insulated). 

In addition, households can use their voucher for further energy saving measures, up to the value of 50% of the voucher (and capped at the amount of the government contribution to the primary measures). These include one or more of the following: 

1. Draught proofing: draught-proofing your home (for example around windows
    and doors) can block up unwanted gaps that let cold air in and warm air out.
2. Windows and doors: Double/triple glazing (where replacing single glazing),  
    secondary glazing (in addition to single glazing), energy efficient replacement doors.
3. Heating controls and insulation: appliance thermostats, hot water tank thermostats, hot water tank insulation, smart heating controls, zone controls, delayed
    start thermostat, thermostatic radiator valves

For example, if a homeowner wants to install cavity wall insulation and receives a voucher worth £400 towards this measure, they can receive up to £400 more for further energy efficiency measures, such as replacing single glazed with double glazed windows.  

• The main scheme is open to owner occupiers (freehold/leasehold), landlords who rent privately or though the social rented sector. It is not open to non-domestic properties or to new build homes.
• The low-income and vulnerable scheme is open to owner-occupied households and park-home owners.
• The Green Home Grant Local Authority Delivery element will focus on owner occupiers, those in the private and social rented sector, with a household income of under £30,000. Local Authorities will set out detailed eligibility criteria in due course.

The scheme will start at the end of September 2020 and close at the end of March 2021.

No – a voucher can only be issued for work to be completed under the scheme and not before. For further information, please refer to the administrator of the scheme.

Yes they are! Government has confirmed that double glazing, triple glazing, and secondary glazing will be included within the scheme.

Eligible homeowners may only use the grant for these measures if upgrading from single glazing provided that one or more of the primary works have been carried out prior to changing the UPVC double glazing windows and doors. Also, the cost of the double glazing cannot not exceed the cost of the primary work.

Provided you meet the above criteria, vouchers can be used on the following:

• Double glazed windows
• Triple glazed windows
• Secondary glazing
• Energy efficient doors

No. This grant only covers new windows or doors if you have single glazing. Homeowners cannot upgrade from the existing double glazing to a more energy efficient double glazing.

However, homeowners may be able to use it on secondary glazing if they already have upvc double glazing.

In late August 2020, homeowners across England will be able to check their eligibility on the Simple Energy Advice website. For the general scheme, the following properties are eligible:

1. All owner-occupied homes (including long-leaseholders, shared ownership)
2. Landlords of private rented sector domestic properties
3. Landlords of social sector domestic properties (including Local Authority owned homes)
4. Park homeowners (for residential sites including Gypsy and Traveller sites)

New-build domestic properties and non-domestic properties are not eligible.

If they are carrying out works at your property within the Green Homes Grant Scheme, they must be registered with TrustMark. You can always check this on the TrustMark website at https://www.trustmark.org.uk/find-a-tradesman. Ada Windows Ltd is registered with TrustMark. Visit our page

The Green Homes Grant scheme will deliver energy efficiency improvements to over 600,000 homes, supporting over 100,000 jobs if all vouchers are claimed. It could help save families up to £600 a year on their energy bills.

It will make people’s homes warmer and more environmentally friendly. It will deliver average savings of £257 for the main scheme, and as much as £640 a year for those living off the gas grid in the low-income and vulnerable households’ scheme.

The Green Homes Grant scheme will be time-limited, to help stimulate the economic recovery and support and create tens of thousands of green jobs immediately.

Allocations for future years will be determined at the forthcoming Spending Review in the Autumn.

Later this month, homeowners across England will be able to access advice and support on improving the energy efficiency of their homes from the Simple Energy Advice service. They will suggest appropriate home improvements they may be able to apply for vouchers to help fund. 

The Simple Energy Advice will then offer households a list of approved TrustMark Registered Businesses including those approved via the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) scheme in their local area to carry out the work. 

Once the works are agreed, vouchers will start to be issued from the end of September so work can commence. 

At the moment, it appears that all applications for the Green Homes Grant Scheme will open in September. Application will be places on the Simple Energy Advice website. However, you will first need to obtain a quote from an approved installer.

The Simple Energy Advice (SEA) website also recommends some suitable home improvements to homeowners. Based on the recommendations, you will be required to obtain a quote from a local company who is TrustMark registered or MCS certified.

Only if and when the works are deemed suitable, a voucher will be issued to homeowners.

If you are looking for a quote for double glazing, we can provide you with one once you book in a site visit.

Only from late September will it be possible to apply for the grant online.

Unfortunately we are currently not able to participate in the scheme.

Simply fill in our online form and we’ll be in touch with you as soon as possible. Or simply call us on 020 8803 8004 or email info@adawindows.com to start the quotation process.