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Since the Green Deal launched in January over 10,000 Green Deal assessments have been lodged and interest in the pay as you save scheme continues to increase. To date, most commentary and publicity around the Green Deal has focused on the domestic sector but the Green Deal is also to be available for commercial property. The Green Deal Finance Company has stated that businesses should be able to access Green Deal finance some time in late summer/autumn 2013.

David Smithen, who leads the Development team at national law firm TLT comments:

"The commercial property market now recognises, and commercial property pricing reflects, the "green premium" given to energy efficient buildings and the "brown discount" given to the rest. Thus far, all attention has been on the "stick" (i.e. the prohibition against letting commercial property after April 2018 with an Energy Performance Certificate Rating of below E). We are now looking forward to the "carrot" (i.e. the extension of the Green Deal from residential property to commercial property). For the well-advised owner or occupier, this represents a timely opportunity to make the energy efficiency improvements that occupiers are increasingly demanding."