This website (www.ecoenergyscheme.co.uk) is operated, and our Service is provided, by Eco Energy Scheme Company, a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Slough, United Kingdom.
We help qualifying homeowners access government-backed home efficiency grants, including funding for free replacement boilers, home insulation, and renewable energy products like free solar panels. We also assist private paying customers by helping them get great deals on new boiler finance and new boilers online.
Because we work alongside a network of approved UK installers, we can help you access grants more efficiently than others, and in usual circumstances, you can expect to have a replacement boiler installed from start to finish in less than three weeks.
Each installer in our network holds the necessary certifications to carry out the work. We regularly monitor your feedback to ensure that the highest levels of service are maintained. Funding for the free boiler scheme will vary between properties, and a free EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) will need to be carried out to determine eligibility.
Remember, this service is 100% free to use. We do not charge you for the application, and there is no obligation to proceed.
This document outlines the terms and conditions that govern the use of the website (the “Website”) and the provision of the Service to you (the “Registered User”) by us. Please read these terms and conditions thoroughly before proceeding with registration, as they regulate your use and affect your legal rights and liabilities.
Our Services
Our aim is to help connect you with suitable contractors (the “Contractor”) so that you can receive a free, no-obligation survey from them to provide the service you require. By registering and applying on the Website with your details and requirements, we will pass your details to appropriate Contractors so they can contact you to provide a free, no-obligation survey.
Use of the Website
Users may use this Website in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. All Users must be 18 years of age or older, and you warrant that you are over 18.
Any information uploaded onto the Website by Users must be (and remain) accurate and correct. If they are opinions, they must be genuinely held and at all times comply with all applicable laws in the United Kingdom. You must update your information to ensure its accuracy and inform us immediately of any changes to your information by updating your personal details.
All personal data uploaded onto the Website will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy. By using our Website, you consent to such processing and warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
If at any time you wish to stop us from providing your details to Contractors, you must contact us to inform us of this. We cannot guarantee that a Contractor will stop contacting you, and we are not responsible in any way for any failure to do so.
From time to time, we may restrict access to all or part of our Website to Users.
You may not use the Website for the following purposes:
- Disseminating obscene or pornographic material, harassing, threatening, libellous, abusive, harmful, vulgar language, or objectionable material;
- Transmitting information that incites or is intended to encourage conduct which constitutes a criminal offence or breaches any code of practice, regulation, or rule of law, or that is unlawful or fraudulent;
- Transmitting any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material (spam);
- For the purposes of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way;
- Knowingly transmitting any data, sending or uploading any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware, or any other harmful programs or computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer hardware or software;
- Impersonating, cloning, or using someone else’s identity with or without the intent to deceive. We will take all appropriate steps to disclose such activity to the relevant authority if we suspect any such activity through the use of the Website.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless us against and from, and shall compensate and reimburse us for, any damage, loss, claim, liability, or expense (including reasonable legal fees and the reasonable cost of enforcing our rights) arising out of or resulting from claims by third parties against you or anyone else for disseminating obscene or pornographic material, harassing, threatening, libellous, abusive, harmful, vulgar language, or where you are in breach of any law, or carrying out illegal actions, or claims by third parties, for breach of copyright or infringement of intellectual property rights.
We reserve the right to withdraw your application at any time for breach of these Terms and Conditions or for any other reason.
Contractors’ Obligations
You will require a Gas Safe registered engineer to install your new boiler, otherwise, it will invalidate your warranty. Not to mention that it’s illegal to fit your own boiler due to the dangers involved.
The newly installed boilers will need to have an ErP efficiency rating of at least 92% or higher. As well as an improved energy efficiency rating, all new gas and oil boiler installations must include a programmed timer and a thermostat so that owners can accurately monitor and control their heating. While many new boilers currently have this feature, from April 2018, it has been a compulsory requirement for all boilers.
Engineers that install boilers which do not abide by the new regulations will be deemed as breaking the law. Eco Energy Scheme Company will not be liable for any non-compliant Contractors and therefore it is the Customer’s responsibility to carry out any due diligence checks prior to entering into any agreement with the Contractor.
Cavity Wall & Loft Insulation Contractors registered on the Website must:
- Be registered with the British Board of Agrément (“BBA”);
- Be approved by the Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency (“CIGA”);
- Ensure that the installer is BBA registered and CIGA approved if the Contractor is not to carry out the installation itself.
Solar PV installation Contractors registered on the Website must:
- Be approved by the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (“MCS”); and
- Hold the necessary liability and insurance certificates.
Loft Conversion Contractors on the Website must:
- Be approved by the Federation of Master Builders (“FMB”); and
- Possess the necessary liability and insurance certificates.
Surveyors registered on the Website acting on behalf of a Contractor or appointing a Contractor to carry out the work, must:
- Ensure that the Contractor is reputable and meets the requirements expected of a Contractor in clauses 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.6.
- All Contractors must offer a free, no-obligation, no-pressure survey to you.
- All Contractors must attempt contact with you within 1-3 working days.
- Observe the preferred contact time specified by you.
- Make contact by phone before visiting your property.
- Not harass, intimidate or coerce you in signing.
Confidentiality
Any information disclosed to us by you shall be and remain confidential and you shall not disclose it to any person without our written authority.
Limitation of Liability
To the extent permitted by law, we hereby expressly exclude:
- All conditions, warranties, and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law, or the law of equity;
- Any liability for any direct, indirect, special, or consequential loss or damage you or anyone else may suffer in connection with the Service, our Website, or in connection with its use or inability to use it, or any actions or inactions by any Contractors or intermediaries to whom we have supplied your details in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, all including, without limitation, any liability for loss of income or revenue, loss of business, loss of profits or contracts, loss of anticipated savings, loss of data, loss of goodwill, and for any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, whether or not foreseen.
This does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
We cannot guarantee the suitability of any Contractor or intermediary to whom we have supplied your details in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and we will not be liable for the acts or omissions of any such Contractor or intermediary during the course of, or after, their dealings with you. You are therefore advised to make sure you are satisfied with the Contractor before agreeing to engage them.
If you believe the Contractor or intermediary has breached the terms of any agreement you reach with them, we will not accept any responsibility, and you will be responsible for taking any action against the Contractor or intermediary directly.
Force Majeure
Neither party shall be responsible for any failure to fulfil any term or condition of these Terms and Conditions if and to the extent that fulfilment has been delayed or temporarily prevented by an event which is beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the party affected and which, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, the said party is unable to provide against (“Force Majeure”).
In the event of Force Majeure, the party that is or may be delayed in performing their obligations under these Terms and Conditions shall notify the other party without delay, giving the full particulars thereof, and shall use all reasonable endeavours to remedy the situation without delay.
Following notification of Force Majeure, the parties shall discuss and agree without delay a mutually acceptable course of action to minimise any effects of such an occurrence.
No party is entitled to terminate these Terms and Conditions in such circumstances.
Amendments
We reserve the right to change these Terms and Conditions from time to time. In the event that we do, we will post a copy of the new terms and conditions on the Website 30 days prior to them coming into effect automatically. Your continued use of the Service will be deemed an acceptance of the new terms and conditions.
Intellectual Property
We own or are the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Website content and such content is protected by international copyright laws and treaties. All such rights are reserved.
General
These Terms and Conditions are governed by English law. The English courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, this Website or the provision of our Service.
This Agreement constitutes the sole and entire agreement between the Parties and supersedes any and all previously agreed contracts between the Parties. No amendment to or waiver of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be binding upon either Party unless it is reduced to writing and signed by an authorised representative of that Party.
We own or are the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Website content and such content is protected by international copyright laws and treaties. All such rights are reserved.
Failure by us at any time to enforce any one or more of these terms and conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such terms.
Neither Party shall disclose to any party without the other Party’s prior written consent, any information relating to these terms and conditions.
The Parties agree that the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 shall not apply to this Agreement.
If any provision of this Agreement shall be found by any court to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the other provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.
Unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular shall include the plural, and words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders, and vice versa.
Any enquiry relating to these Terms and Conditions or the Website should be directed to info@ecoenergyscheme.co.uk.