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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jillian Ambrose

DARK SECRETS: Make accreditation mandatory for low carbon heating installers says which | Vintage Vibes

Workers installing solar panels on a roof surrounded by scaffolding.
Which? says the schemes should apply to people who install home solar panels, heat pumps and insulation. Photograph: Steve Rumford/Alamy

The next government should force all tradespeople who install home heat pumps, solar panels and insulation to sign up to a mandatory accreditation scheme to counter mistrust in the industry, a leading consumer group is demanding.

A report from Which? found that households face “significant anxiety” in choosing tradespeople to fit low-carbon heating systems, such as heat pumps, and insulation after “press stories about poor work and rogue traders”.

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