MCS

posted by admin on July 19, 2011 - 9:22pm

C&F Green Energy CF15 and CF20 are now fully certified

The CF15 and CF20 models are now fully certified to MCS standards and so are eligable for Feed In Tariff, more MCS details can be found through the following link:

http://www.microgenerationcertification.org/mcs-consumer/product-search.php

CF6 and CF11 models are due out of testing very soon.

Installer Certification

Installer certification entails assessing the supply, design, installation, set-to-work and commissioning of renewable microgeneration technologies. Installers are certificated against the MCS Standards  by a Certification Body.

What is the MCS?

The MCS is an internationally recognised quality assurance scheme and mark for LZCT installers and products. It was designed with input from installer and product representatives. Similar to the Gas Safe Register, the MCS gives you a mark of competency and demonstrates to your customers that you can install to the highest quality every time.

Why Does it Matter?

The MCS demonstrates our competence to carry out an installation to our customers. In this rapidly growing industry, installers and products that carry the MCS Mark are likely to be seen as the preferred option in the market place. This is because MCS is linked to many of the key factors driving demand, such as:

  • Feed-In Tariffs, which will provide guaranteed payments to individuals, business and communities for small-scale electricity generation. For technologies where there is an MCS standard, both the technology and the installer must be MCS certificated to be eligible,
     
  • The Renewable Heat Incentive is planned for 2011 and will provide cash back to individuals, business and communities for renewable heat generation. The Government has indicated that the Renewable Heat Incentive is being linked to MCS products and installers,
     
  • The Low Carbon Buildings Programme and Energy Saving Scotland home renewables grant schemes (heat technologies only) require MCS certificated products and installers to be used,
     
  • The Code for Sustainable Homes, which is a mandatory requirement for all newly built homes to meet sustainability ratings, including ratings for energy and CO2 emissions. MCS certificated technologies can be used to meet the requirements of this Code,
     
  • Planning permission for consumers for certain renewable energy technologies has now been made a lot simpler thanks to permitted development rights introduced in England and Scotland, and
     
  • The Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) for Energy Rating of Dwellings recognises MCS certificated products when determining whether products are eligible for inclusion in SAP assessments.