What is the Energy Company Obligation (ECO4) scheme?
The Energy Company Obligation (ECO4) is a government energy-efficiency scheme in Great Britain, designed to tackle fuel poverty and help reduce carbon emissions. ECO is an obligation placed on energy companies to deliver energy efficiency measures to domestic premises. ECO4 is not a grant scheme; it is up to the energy companies to determine which retrofit projects they choose to fund, the level of funding they provide, and the Retrofit Coordinator and installers that they choose to work with. ECO4 measures were able to be delivered from the 1 April 2022. The ECO4 scheme will run until 31 March 2026.
ECO4 focusses on improving the least energy efficient homes and households in fuel poverty, as only properties in bands D-G can be treated. It also aims to deliver a more complete upgrade of those homes, shifting to a multi-measure whole-house retrofit approach. Furthermore, a minimum number of private tenure homes in energy efficiency rating band E, F and G must be upgraded throughout ECO4, ensuring the least efficient homes are treated. There is a new Minimum Requirement (MR) to improve the energy efficiency rating of band D and E homes to at least a band C and band F and G homes to at least a band D. ECO4 aims to encourage the installation of various energy efficient measures such as insulation measures, first time central heating, renewable heating, and district heating connections. For more information on SAP band requirements, MRs, and ECO4 measures, please refer to the Draft ECO4 Guidance: Delivery.
Harnitek Heat Pumps SAP Scoring
PCDB Points Explained
Our heat pumps are registered on the PCDB database and are some of the highest scoring heat pumps on the market. So if they are being installed in the eco 4 program this could result in the job scoring higher.
Harnitek 6kW Heat Pump | Harnitek 9kW Heat Pump | Harnitek 12kW Heat Pump | |
Temperature Score At 35C | 107065 PCDB Index Points | 107057 PCDB Index Points | 107123 PCDB Index Points |
Temperature Score At 45C | 107064 PCDB Index Points | 107056 PCDB Index Points | 107122 PCDB Index Points |
Temperature Score At 55C | 107063 PCDB Index Points | 107055 PCDB Index Points | 107121 PCDB Index Points |
Temperature Score At 58C | 107066 PCDB Index Points | 107058 PCDB Index Points | 107124 PCDB Index Points |
Check Harnitek Heat Pumps Scores on the PCDB Database
All our heat pumps are MCS accredited and on the PCDB database, so can be used on any installation in the UK. Click HERE to view our SAP Scores on the database.