# The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022, Article 50: ECO4 projects: minimum requirement for energy efficiency improvement


(1) An ECO4 project meets the minimum requirement for energy efficiency improvement in this article if it meets—
(a) condition A;
(b) where the participant’s exempted project allowance is not exhausted, condition B; or
(c) condition C.
(2) Condition A is met if the Administrator is satisfied, in relation to the domestic premises, that—
(a) if the pre-project SAP band is band D or E, the post-project SAP band is band A, B or C;
(b) if the pre-project SAP band is band F or G, the post-project SAP band is band A, B, C or D.
(3) Condition B is met if—
(a) the pre-project SAP band for the domestic premises is band E, F or G; and
(b) the Administrator is satisfied that—
(i) the ECO4 project could not meet condition A because—
(aa) to do so would require the installation of one or more measures which attract an exemption under Part 11; or
(bb) there is no combination of ECO4 eligible measures that would have enabled the project to meet condition A; and
(ii) as compared to the measures in the ECO4 project, no other combination of ECO4 eligible measures, excluding those attracting an exemption under Part 11, would have resulted in a larger increase in the SAP rating for the premises.
(4) Condition C is met if, in the case of domestic premises that have a pre-project SAP band of E, F or G, the Administrator is satisfied that neither condition A nor condition B could be met because there has been a change in the people who are occupying the premises.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), a participant’s exempted project allowance is not exhausted if X is less than the participant’s exempted project allowance, where “X” is the number of ECO4 projects promoted by the participant—
(a) which meet condition B in paragraph (3); and
(b) for which the Administrator has given a positive score under article 47(1)(b) before the ECO4 project in question.
(6) In this article, “post-project SAP band” has the meaning given in article 51.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2022/9780348236606/article/50 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2022/article-50
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