It requires gas and electricity suppliers and electricity generators to deliver energy saving measures to domestic consumers in specific low income areas of Great Britain. CESP has been designed to promote a 'whole house' approach and to treat as many properties as possible in defined areas.

The Programme started on 1st September 2009. The CESP obligation period will run from 1st October 2009 to 31st December 2012. It will require certain gas and electricity suppliers and certain electricity generators to meet a carbon emissions reduction target. The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) are responsible for setting the overall CESP target and the policy framework - and Ofgem is responsible for administering the programme.

The Programme requires all licensed gas and electricity suppliers that have at least 50,000 domestic customers and all licensed electricity generators that have generated an average of 10 TWh/yr or more in a specified three-year period to meet a carbon reduction obligation.

The Programme requires energy suppliers (and for the first time electricity generators) to comply with an overall carbon emissions reduction target of 19.25 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. Obligated suppliers and generators must achieve this reduction between 1st October 2009 and 31st December 2012.

The CESP will also contribute to the government's Fuel Poverty Strategy by requiring actions to be delivered in geographical areas selected using the Income Domain of the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) in England, Scotland and Wales. In England, the lowest 10 per cent of areas ranked in the IMD will qualify, and in Scotland and Wales the lowest 15 per cent of areas will qualify.

In the Heat and Energy Saving Strategy, the government set out a long-term vision of the continuous delivery of carbon savings from the domestic sector using some form of obligation until at least 2020. Energy efficiency is one of the most cost-effective ways of achieving the desired reductions in carbon emissions. Reducing energy consumption can also improve productivity and contribute to improved security of supply. (Source OFGEM)

Lawtech is one of the largest installers of external wall insulation systems across the UK with offices in Rochester and Glasgow. Lawtech is UKAS accredited to ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 and is an active member of both the NIA & INCA.

Lawtech is able to act as a Principal Contractor on multi million pound “green” retrofit schemes installing and managing multiple energy saving measures, and in addition as a specialist façade contractor working with other contractor partners. We are able to offer advice and assistance in respect to grants and funds schemes available under CERT, CESP and from 2013 Green Deal.