Low Carbon Buildings Programme Stream 1 NIE top up
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Conditions and Criteria
The following conditions will be applied to applications for the Low Carbon Buildings Programme Stream 1 NIE top up:
- Grant must be used to support the capital and installation costs of a renewable energy technology. As a general rule this includes only the equipment itself and related works specific to the functionality of that equipment.
- Scheme must be located within Northern Ireland.
- You must be in receipt of a grant offer letter from NIE before proceeding with any work. NIE will not provide a grant for households who have proceeded with the work without having applied to NIE and having received a NIE grant offer letter. There will be no exceptions to this requirement.
- System must be designed, installed and commissioned by a registered installer.
- Schemes must use accredited products.
- Grants are only available for the installation of new components, re-used or refurbished components are not permissible.
- Grant applied for must be a maximum of 15% of total capital and installation costs, or technology cap level, whichever is lesser.
- All statutory approvals must be in place e.g. Building Control, Planning Permission.
- Applicant must provide an estimate of the annual energy output of the system.
- Grants must be claimed within 12 months of a grant offer being made by NIE.
- Applicant must allow access to the installation for inspection purposes by the scheme manager (or other appointed by the scheme manager) if required.
- Applicant must agree to participate in NIE publicity and case study material. (This is referred to in the existing NIE grant contract).
- Applicants receiving funding for the renewable installation from any other NIE programme will not be funded through the Stream 1 top up.
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