MITIE, the FTSE 250 outsourcing company, has been appointed by the National Landlords Association (NLA) as its exclusive Green Deal installer.

The NLA, the leading association for private residential landlords in the UK, awarded the contract to MITIE as the government officially launched the Green Deal.

MITIE, which already manages over 200,000 tenanted properties in the UK, was chosen because it has the technical capabilities and national reach to assess and install the right measures for landlords across the country.

The Green Deal, set up by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, supports the introduction of energy efficiency measures to all buildings.

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There are dozens of measures installers can implement in domestic dwellings including loft insulation, double glazing, boiler replacements, central heating systems and solar panels.

The initial cost of installing these measures is funded by an approved Green Deal Provider and repaid through savings made on energy bills, up to a period of 25 years.

Some properties and tenants may also be eligible for subsidies under the £1.3bn ECO schemes – paid for by energy companies – so that installations funded through these schemes do not need to be repaid.

By 2016, private landlords will be unable to refuse reasonable requests by their tenants for green deal improvement, and by 2018, they will be unable to rent properties that have an F or G Energy Performance Rating.

Early adopters of the Green Deal scheme are eligible to claim cash-back for each measure installed to a property. The cash-back is paid directly from a £125m fund set up by the government.

It is available on a first come first served basis and payments can be worth in excess of £1,000 depending on the number of measures installed.

(CD/GK)