The list, published early in April, outlines the types of equipment which will be eligible under the tax relief scheme. The scheme currently supports chp, boilers, motors, variable speed drives, lighting, refrigeration, pipe insulation materials and thermal screens.
The absence of building controls from the list has surprised many in the controls sector. The Building Controls Group (BCG) – part of the Energy Systems Trade Association – has also said that it won't be submitting controls and bems equipment for inclusion on the list.
"Getting onto the scheme and then processing the returns would prove an excessively wasteful exercise in terms of time and labour," says a BCG spokesperson.
Martyn Kay of G&M Kay Controls says: "We can't understand why controls haven't been listed. We have been trying to get through to get an answer, but haven't managed it."
BCG says that the main problem lies in the different rules which apply to controls over other technologies. Under the inclusion criteria, individual control functions have to be identified, rather than a single piece of generic equipment.
However, BCG believes that the controls market will not be adversely affected: "The BCG is emphatic that these systems have always stood on their own merits as the essentials of energy management."
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