The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022

Requirements for a full project score: overview

49.—(1) An ECO4 project meets the requirements of this article if the Administrator is satisfied that—

(a) the project meets the minimum requirement for energy efficiency improvement in article 50;

(b) the project meets the requirement concerning the post-project energy efficiency assessment in paragraph (3); and

(c) the only changes made to the domestic premises between the pre-project energy efficiency assessment and the post-project energy efficiency assessment which would increase the SAP rating of the premises, as determined pursuant to those assessments, are the qualifying actions in the ECO4 project.

(2) Paragraph (1)(b) and (c) do not apply to an ECO4 project which consists of one or more data light measures only.

(3) An ECO4 project meets the requirement concerning the post-project energy efficiency assessment if—

(a) where the project consists of a district heating connection only or a district heating connection and one or more novel data light measures only—

(i) a SAP assessment is performed after the completion of the project for the purpose of calculating the SAP rating of the premises; and

(ii) an energy performance certificate based on the SAP assessment is issued;

(b) in any other case, an RdSAP assessment is performed after the completion of the project for the purpose of calculating the SAP rating of the premises.

(4) In paragraph (3), references to a “district heating connection” do not include a connection to a district heating system that uses a shared ground loop.