MCS has collaborated with the Heat Pump Association (HPA) to offer complimentary membership to certified heat pump installers. Find out more and register here👉 @HeatPumpAssoc

On Monday 30 June, @GOVUK released its Solar Roadmap. Fed into by industry experts, and developed by the Solar Taskforce, it outlines plans to boost solar energy and meet the UK’s goal of 45 - 47GW of solar power by 2030.

We believe a single, trusted certification scheme brings clear benefits. It will simplify the landscape by giving households and industry a single, trusted route to certification.

In May 2025, @energygovuk launched a consultation on the Clean Heat Market Mechanism, covering 2 main topics: setting a Year 2 heat pump target of 8–10% of relevant boiler sales and naming MCS as the sole certification scheme for the CHMM. Our response:

Following a question on consumer demand, Tom comments that “The way that gas works is a single rate, heat pumps and heat batteries have tariff options, that can be exciting for installers to bring to their customers.”.

Phil thinks that “This is going to be a game changer in moving smaller homes and social housing away from gas.”.

Speaking on renewable uptake, Johan suggests that “Unless we build consumer choice with more to choose from than just heat pumps, we will lose consumers a long the way. Choice when adapting renewables in your home is critical.”.

Johan adds that @tepeoheat are one of the first to be installing these technologies, and that installers need something to help them build confidence and protection for themselves and the development of a standard is essential in supporting this.

Describing the WGs, Tom says that “The TESS Working Group consists of installers, manufacturers, consumer protection bodies and trade associations, a variety of perspectives.”.

Those that will benefit are “Smaller homes where heat pumps may not be suitable, we need an alternative on the electric heating side, this other option we think is TESS.”.

Emphasising the importance of this, Tom explains “You can see that we are going to build a renewable generation, but if the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine, we need somewhere to store the energy, and TESS is a system that can do this.”.

The Chair of the TESS working group Tom Lowe, is joining Johan Du Plessis (@tepeoheat) and Phil Ward (Eskimo) on a panel in the InstallerPLAZA on ‘The new MCS Standard for Thermal Energy Storage Systems’ at #InstallerSHOW .

RT @ElecConNews: Data reveals another record month for small-scale renewables. @MCSCertified #electricalcontractin….

We have launched a four-week consultation. We have developed the ‘Air to Air Heat Pump Pre-sale Information and Performance Calculation’ Standard and an Excel-based calculator tool to support this. Consultation closes at 5.00pm on 23 July 2025. Respond:

Under the BUS, all consumers receive a call from MCS asking about satisfaction, Ian shared that “Over 95% of the calls receive positive feedback regarding their heat pump and the process start to finish.”.

To an installer in the audience “You will need to tell your CB a little bit more about your business, to help create your businesses risk profile. This helps keep the assessments fair, as it takes a variety of factors into account.”.

He reassures the audience that “The Installer Forum have been helping guide us to ensure the Redeveloped Scheme and it’s documentation is installer friendly, and is very sensible and clear to understand.”.

Following a question regarding timescales, Ian responds “We have been building this for quite a while, it has now gone to the CBs to gain their accreditation to deliver the Scheme. All 8 CBs have submitted their paperwork, but it will still be a few months to apply for.”.

All the documentation for the Redeveloped Installer Scheme is available on the dedicated webpage of our website.

“Certification bodies will now be conducting asseememts to our prescription via the Conformity Assessment Guidelines and it will be risk based. As a standards organisation, we need to have standardised assessments, which this document allows for.”.