PART 10Scores

CHAPTER 2Requirements for a full project score

ECO4 projects: minimum requirement for energy efficiency improvement

50.—(1) An ECO4 project meets the minimum requirement for energy efficiency improvement in this article if it meets—

(a)condition A;

(b)where the participant’s exempted project allowance is not exhausted, condition B; or

(c)condition C.

(2) Condition A is met if the Administrator is satisfied, in relation to the domestic premises, that—

(a)if the pre-project SAP band is band D or E, the post-project SAP band is band A, B or C;

(b)if the pre-project SAP band is band F or G, the post-project SAP band is band A, B, C or D.

(3) Condition B is met if—

(a)the pre-project SAP band for the domestic premises is band E, F or G; and

(b)the Administrator is satisfied that—

(i)the ECO4 project could not meet condition A because—

(aa)to do so would require the installation of one or more measures which attract an exemption under Part 11; or

(bb)there is no combination of ECO4 eligible measures that would have enabled the project to meet condition A; and

(ii)as compared to the measures in the ECO4 project, no other combination of ECO4 eligible measures, excluding those attracting an exemption under Part 11, would have resulted in a larger increase in the SAP rating for the premises.

(4) Condition C is met if, in the case of domestic premises that have a pre-project SAP band of E, F or G, the Administrator is satisfied that neither condition A nor condition B could be met because there has been a change in the people who are occupying the premises.

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), a participant’s exempted project allowance is not exhausted if X is less than the participant’s exempted project allowance, where “X” is the number of ECO4 projects promoted by the participant—

(a)which meet condition B in paragraph (3); and

(b)for which the Administrator has given a positive score under article 47(1)(b) before the ECO4 project in question.

(6) In this article, “post-project SAP band” has the meaning given in article 51.