Consumer interest in renewables is rising amid heating cost inflation and a rolling out of government support for green home upgrades, said NICEIC, which has launched new qualifications in Solar Thermal Hot Water and Heat Pumps.
The UK government recently confirmed a Clean Heat Market Mechanism will be implemented from April 1, setting targets for heating appliance manufacturers to sell a set proportion of low-carbon heat pumps against fossil fuel boilers.
In addition to a £6bn funding pot for cutting energy use and bills in around a million homes UK-wide in the Autumn Budget, the UK government has allocated an additional £1.25bn to the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund for insulating or retrofitting 140,000 homes.
Paul Collins, Technical Director at NICEIC, said, “The range of low carbon technologies available now is vast. Those installers who do invest in good training and have a solid understanding of electrical requirements, will be better placed to unlock the opportunity.”
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