DUBLIN: The Grafton Group is the first merchant to be authorised to operate as a Green Deal provider. All of its businesses: Buildbase, Plumbase, Selco and Jackson Building Centres are involved.

Paul Roche, director of sustainability and renewables, Grafton Group saids: “There are many market opportunities and we are developing solutions that will work for all our partners: SME installers, larger social housing installers and product manufactures. The key to any successful strategy is implementation and the critical element of that is the installer.”