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The Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency
HTT CWI Opportunities and Challenges
Gerry Miller
17th April 2013
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Agenda
• What is a HTT cavity?
• What is the Opportunity?
• What is CIGA Doing?
• HTT Examples?
• Future HTT Developments?
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WHAT IS A HTT CAVITY?
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What is a HTT Cavity?
• Term coined by DECC to identify properties that are
more difficult to treat for technical or cost reasons.
• Higher costs means that they were not treated in
earlier Supplier Obligations.
• Extending benefits of CWI to householders in hard to
treat properties is a Particular focus of the Energy
Company Obligation (ECO) and Green Deal.
– HTT Cavities a primary measure under CERO
• Defined in “The Electricity and Gas (Energy Companies
Obligation) Order 2012” Statutory Instrument.
• Further Guidance included in the OFGEM “Energy
Companies Obligation (ECO) 2012 - 2015: Guidance for
Suppliers”
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The HTT Opportunity - Si
• (i) 3 or more storeys where each storey has cavity
walls;
• (ii) which a chartered surveyor has reported is not
suitable to insulate with standard insulation material or
techniques;
• (iii) which a chartered surveyor has reported is not
suitable to insulate without substantial remedial works;
• (b) a cavity within a cavity wall which is less than
50mm wide;
• (c) a cavity found in homes of prefabricated concrete
construction or with metal frame cavity walls; or
• (d) an uneven cavity formed in walls constructed of
natural stone or from natural stone outer leaf and
block or brick inner leaf;
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WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?
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HTT Potential (DECC IA) 3.2m
High Rise,
66,000
Other, 96,000 Random Stone,
175,000 High Exposure,
225,000
Narrow
Cavities,
535,000
Unfillable/
Timber Frame,
580,000
System Built &
Steel Frame,
663,000
Partial Fill2,
2,000,000
Remedial
Works,
1,400,000
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HTT Challenge - Process
Industry Delivery Capability Capacity & Skills Constraints & Investment
Building Regs Compliance CP Schemes
Consumer Confidence Guarantee Availability
Finding HTT Identification, Validation and Assessment
Scoring RdSAP Savings, In Use Factors
Product Approvals Testing/Certification
Product Development Products/Techniques
Rules & Access to Funding ECO Guidance
Definition of HTT Scope/Categories
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Deliverable Potential 2m
High Rise,
66,000
Other, 96,000 Random Stone,
175,000 High Exposure,
225,000
Narrow
Cavities,
535,000
Unfillable/
Timber Frame,
580,000
System
Built &
Steel Frame,
663,000
Partial Fill2,
2,000,000
Remedial
Works,
1,400,000
Potentially
Treatable
Now 2m
R&D/Approvals
Challenges1.2m
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Segmentation
GD only, 78,444
<50% ECO, 442
>50% ≤75% ECO, 39,569
>75% ≤100% ECO, 51,339 >100% ECO,
155,630
CWI Funding (2013)
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Segmentation
CWI Easy-to-treat , 201054
CWI Hard-to-treat Unidentifia
, 4573
CWI Hard-to-treat
Identifiable , 192351
CWI Easy/Hard to Treat (2013)
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Market Value Opportunity
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WHAT IS CIGA DOING?
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GBP Review
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Technical Notes
• Existing
– Internal Flues & Chimneys
– Technical Note -: drilling near flues
– Air Bricks and Ventilators.
– Safety Alert -: internal flues & chimneys.
– Flueless Gas Fires.
– Conservatories.
– Safety note : Core drilling.
• Proposed Drafts for review by Technical Committee
– Non Standard Buildings
• Narrow
• Partially filled
• 3 or more storeys up to 12m
– High Rise Buildings (above 12m)
– Commercial Buildings.
– Properties requiring remedial works
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HTT Training
• Installation may require up skilling of existing
employees
– Assessors – competence to assess HTT cavities
– Technicians – ie non standard techniques
– Supervisors / technical moniters
– Sales/Customer Care.
• System Designer CWI Training Course -:
– Classroom.
– On Site.
• CIGA Training
– Working with System Designer’s
– Delivery to Installer Companies in association with
System Designers
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Website
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HTT EXAMPLES?
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HTT - Examples
• 3 or More Storeys
• Requiring substantial Remedials (4 hours)
• <50mm cavities
• Cannot treat with Standard Products or Techniques
– High Exposure/WP risks
– Timber Framed
– Partial Fill
• Steel or Concrete Frame
• Random Stone.
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Identification -GD Assessment
• RdSAP covers 3 issues in relation to hard-to-treat
flaged on EPC – access, narrow cavity and exposure:
– Access issue is indicated for any façade where it is
not possible to safely pitch a 5 metre.
– A narrow cavity is indicated by a stretcher bond
brick pattern with wall thickness 220 to 250 mm.
– Exposure zones 3 or 4.
• Includes cases where at least 1 elevation is HTT.
• BUT:
– Does not map to ECO HTT definitions.
– Does not capture main addressable markets ie
remedials & Non Standard Techniques and Materials
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High Rise
Suitability Assessment of High Rise Buildings.
Building Report: (System Designer). (single page)
Suitability Assessment Form. (3x Pages)
High Rise Building - Additional Notes. (2x pages)
High Rise Building Assessment Version 4 RJS 04/04/2013
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3 or More Storeys
• A building of 3 or more storeys of cavity wall is HTT.
• Includes basement with external wall exposed to the
air but excludes Lofts.
• Buildings up to 12m can filled under current approvals.
• In the case of buildings over 12m System Designer must
have a BBA approved procedure to issue height waivers
and additional CIGA requirements apply for issue of
CIGA HTT Guarantee.
• Can be notified under CWISC CP scheme.
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Building Defects
• A building that a Chartered Surveyor reports
is not suitable to treat without substantial
remedials works is HTT
• Covers a wide range of defects and
structural issues.
• Standard construction and cavities, but CWI
cannot be installed until defects rectified.
• Includes removal of failed cavity or solid
wall insulation - but if covered by a
guarantee then savings from its
replacement cannot be claimed under ECO
• Additional requirements for sign off for
remedials - but standard assessment and
installation.
– Proposed to categorise by type or works.
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Published by:Cavity wall Insulation Guarantee Agency, CIGA House, 3, Vimy Court,
Vimy Road, Leighton Buzzard LU7 1FG Tel: 01525 85300 FAX: 01525 385926
April 2013.
Assessment form to confirm the Suitability for Cavity Wall Insulation
For: Non-Standard Buildings up to 12m in height.
Balanced Flue.
Cracked Facings
Render
Check guttering and
leaking downpipes Chimney /
Flue Routes
Combustion
air vents
ALL - Sub floor vents -
must be maintained.
Sloping Roof
Extension Roof.
Construction type ;
o Timber
o Felt,
o Perspex,
o Others
as
Garage Roof
construction
Assessing the Suitability of Buildings:
Some of the things we need to know.
Hedges preventing
safe working access
Ridge tile vent’s
Check connecting
Flue Routes
Internal and External leaf
construction +
Residual cavity width
Radon Vent’s ?
Non Standard Buildings
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Narrow Cavities
• A wall that has a section of cavity which is <
50mm wide is a hard-to-treat cavity wall.
• HTT Guarantee available where an approved
System used and can be notified under CWISC
CP Scheme.
• Currently some systems are approved down to
nominal minimum of 40mm.
• Each wall must be considered separately.
• CS report not required, but OFGEM looking at
evidence required to show that each elevation
claimed was <50mm.
– Assessment record with photographic
evidence?
– Monitoring through physical inspection?
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Unsuitable for Std Prod.
• A Cavity that a Chartered Surveyor reports
is not suitable to be treated with standard
products is a HTT Cavity.
• Can be determined by whether a CIGA
Guarantee was available at 31/12/12
• Includes Partial Fill
• Includes Non Standard Constructions
– Steel Frame
– System Built
– Random Stone
• Cannot currently be treated or awarded a
CIGA HTT Guarantee.
• Not notifiable under the CWISC CP scheme.
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Unsuitable for Std Tech
• A Cavity that a Chartered Surveyor reports is not
suitable to be treated with standard techniques is
a HTT Cavity.
• Can be determined by whether a CIGA Guarantee
was available at 31/12/12
• Includes Non Standard Techniques such as Lance
System
• CIGA HTT Guarantee available where:
– System approvals exist for technique
– Assessors and Technicians are trained by the
System by the System Supplier;
– Appropriate controls are in place to allow
identify properties to aid investigation if any
problems are reported.
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FUTURE HTT DEVELOPMENTS?
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Future Developments
• ECO Statutory Instrument imposes onerous requirements for claiming HTT cavities.
• In some cases includes report by a Chartered Surveyor and specific recommendation of a treatment
• Unproven, and work ongoing to develop alternative approaches that will provide greater safeguards.
• Centred on proposed BBA policy to assess and card HTT Assessors coupled with CIGA guidance and provision of CIGA HTT Guarantee.
• Requirement for CS hard wired in Si - so will require DECC change to legislation.
• Additional Issues:
– Monthly reporting by end of month following works.
– Uncertain monitoring requirements of Suppliers – evidence that Guarantee applied for etc.
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Conclusion
• HTT cavities now defined
• OFGEM Guidance imposes some challenges but still
represents a significant opportunity
• Addressing all of the HTT markets will depend on R&D,
testing/approvals of systems and availability of
guarantees.
• CIGA HTT Guarantee now “live”
• Ongoing development of CIGA assessment and
installation templates and Technical notes.
• CIGA training being rolled out.
• Ongoing work to simplify ECO HTT requirements
• Updates will continue to be provided through member
communications and via the website:
www.ciga.co.uk