ECO4 Air Source Heat Pump Grants are available to home owners and private tenants in England, Wales and Scotland
ECO4 Air Source Heat Pump Grants

ECO4 Air Source Heat Pump Grants - Qualifying Criteria
2. Your home must have either no heating at all or one of the following heating systems:
- Electric room heaters, including direct acting room heaters, fan heaters or inefficient electric storage heaters
- Gas room heaters; including fixed mains gas room heaters; or
- Gas fire with back boiler; or
- Solid fossil fuel fire with back boiler, or
- Mains gas warm air heating system, or
- Electric underfloor or ceiling heating (not part of an electric boiler); or
- Bottled LPG room heating; or
- Solid fossil fuel room heaters; or
- Wood/biomass room heating; or
- Oil room heaters
The relevant heating system used to assess your eligibility for First Time Central Heating Grants is that which appears as the ‘Main Heating’ system on the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) for your home. You can see your EPC (if one has been prepared) HERE if you live in England or Wales and HERE if you live in Scotland.
3. You must receive at least one of the Qualifying Benefits, or qualify under LA Flex Rules
To qualify for an ECO4 grant, either you or someone living permanently with you, must receive at least one of the following State Benefits, Tax Credits or Other Allowances unless you qualify under LA Flex Rules:
- Pension Credit – Guarantee Credit
- Pension Credit – Savings Credit
- Universal Credit
- Child Tax Credit
- Working Tax Credit
- Income Support
- Income-Related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Income-Based Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA)
- Child Benefit (subject to maximum household income)
- Housing benefit
LA Flex Rules allow local councils to recommend that a householder qualifies for a grant even if they don’t receive one of the qualifying benefits.
