Our Accreditations
MCS Certified
What it is
MCS is the Microgeneration Certification Scheme. It certifies both the installer and the products used, and it's the standard the UK solar industry is measured against.
Why it matters to you
This is the big one. If you want to get paid for the electricity your panels export to the grid under the Smart Export Guarantee, your system has to be installed by an MCS certified installer. Energy suppliers can't offer you a SEG tariff without an MCS certificate.
It isn't a legal requirement to install solar. It is a requirement if you want to be paid for what you export. Plenty of installers aren't certified, and that's worth knowing before you sign anything.
Getting certified means demonstrating that the people doing the work are competent at every stage, from design and supply through to installation and commissioning. It's reassessed, not a one-off.
NAPIT Registered
What it is
NAPIT is a government-approved competent person scheme for electrical work. Registered members are assessed on their technical competence and reassessed regularly to keep it.
Why it matters to you
It means we can self-certify our electrical work as meeting Building Regulations, and issue you the certificates to prove it.
Those certificates aren't just paperwork. Your insurer may ask for them. So might a solicitor if you sell the house, or a tenant if you're a landlord. Work done by someone who can't issue them can cause real problems years down the line.
Registration also means we're insured, working to current regulations, and checked on health and safety.
RECC Member
What it is
RECC is the Renewable Energy Consumer Code. It's approved by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute, and it sets the standards for how renewable energy firms deal with domestic customers.
Why it matters to you
RECC covers the parts of the job that happen off the roof. Marketing, the information you get before you sign, quotations, deposits, contracts, guarantees and after-sales service.
In plain terms: no pressure selling, clear quotes, fair contract terms, and a route to complain if something goes wrong. Membership of a CTSI-approved code is also a requirement for MCS certification, so the two go together.
We'd like to think we'd work this way regardless. The code means you don't have to take our word for it.
City & Guilds Qualified
What it is
City & Guilds is the awarding body behind most UK electrical qualifications. It's the route a time-served electrician takes to prove competence.
Why it matters to you
It's the difference between someone who's picked it up as they go and someone who's been formally assessed against a national standard.
Phil is a time-served electrician, qualified through City & Guilds. It's the foundation everything else on this page sits on. The renewable accreditations matter, but solar is electrical work first and foremost.
BPEC Certified
What it is
BPEC is a training and certification body covering renewable energy technologies, including solar PV and battery storage.
Why it matters to you
Solar moves quickly. Panels, inverters, batteries and the regulations around them all change. BPEC certification means we've been trained and assessed specifically on this technology, rather than treating it as ordinary electrical work with panels bolted on.
It's also one of the qualification routes MCS looks at when certifying an installer.
CITB Registered
What it is
CITB is the Construction Industry Training Board, the body responsible for skills and training standards across UK construction.
Why it matters to you
Most of our commercial work happens on live sites, often alongside other trades. CITB registration and the site safety training that comes with it means we can work on those sites properly, safely and without holding anyone else up.
For domestic customers it matters less directly. For commercial clients, main contractors and landlords, it's usually the first thing asked for.
