Gearing up for the Green Deal

Solid Wall Insulation

Neil MarshallChief Executive

• Represent manufacturers and installers – CWI, EWI, IWI, HWI, LI, RI, DP– 170 + members GB/NI

• Full service TA– Promote the benefits of insulation – Range of membership services– Industry representation – Work in partnership with like minded organisations

• Maintain Industry Standards – Membership criteria,– Code of Professional Practice

Solid Wall Insulation Guarantee Agency• Established in 2009• Not for profit • Builds on CIGA model for CWI

Who we are

NIA/SWIGA SWI Industry Framework and Guarantee

The Opportunity for SWI

• Around 7m homes with solid walls

– 25% fuel poor

– 40% of fuel poor households have solid walls

• 2.3m by 2022 to hit Climate Change Targets

• C. 10 fold increase in industry capacity

• Key area of focus in the Green Deal and ECO

• Social housing will have key role in early stages

Market Size m2

(Million)

m2 /capita

Poland 40.0 1.05

Germany 40.0 0.48

Czech Republic 16.0 1.57

Italy 10.0 0.17

Austria 8.5 1.04

Slovakia 6.0 1.11

France 3.5 0.06

UK 2.5 0.04

The European Market:External Wall Insulation

The Challenge

• Provide cross stakeholder confidence

• Rapid expansion of EWI/IWI industry capacity whilst maintaining quality and standards

• Ensure robust technical solutions and quality installations to deliver in situ savings

• Provide consumer reassurance and protection

• Create a new uniform industry platform/guarantee

• EWI, IWI, Hybrid Systems

• Utilise new and existing members expertise

• Dedicated Project Team to fast track the development

• Collaborative/partnership working

NIA/SWIGA Approach

• 20 + major EWI and IWI manufacturers/system

designers

• 50+ EWI and IWI installers

Membership

Stakeholder Review

Development Group

Project Team

External Wall

Internal Wall

MarketingPR

NIA/SWIGA

SWI Organisation

Quality Assurance:• Certified systems

• Approved/registered installers • Standard survey form

• Robust standard solutions checklist • Best Practice Guides

• Independent surveillance scheme– NIA/SWIGA/BBA Partnership

Consumer Protection• Guarantee Scheme

– Defects in materials and workmanship– 25 years– Benefits transferable

• Arbitration Service

The Framework

Training

3 stage process in conjunction with Construction Skills:• OSAT - existing workforce

• Retraining for other trades – e.g. Cavity Wall Installers

• Full framework apprenticeships for new entrants

SWIGA Carding

• All surveyors/operatives assessed for competence and system used

• NOS and system requirements

• Cards can be withdrawn

Training & Carding

• Validate key elements of the framework

• Targeting 1,000 properties – representative mix

• Based on existing CERT/CESP/LA funded schemes

• Wider opportunities – Case studies– Impact on local community

• Timeline– Commence Summer 2011– Evaluation and incorporation of learnings from first Phase

Winter 2011– Completion Autumn 2012

Pilots

• Quality assurance – aims not just to sort out problems but prevent them in first place

• Consistent in situ performance to support Golden Rule

• Simple, one Guarantee covering defects in materials and workmanship – not restricted to installer insolvency

Stakeholder/Consumer Confidence

Benefits of Framework

• Information – www.nationalinsualtionassociation.org.uk– Literature

• Access to members – Postcode Locator

• Issue expressions of interest/tenders

• Participation in NIA/SWIGA SWI Pilots

Support Available