NICEIC no longer offers certification for PAS 2030, the standard covering the installation of energy efficiency measures in homes, as of 31 March 2026. The certification body said all previously certified businesses have been informed1.
The notice concerns certification only. It does not say that PAS 2030 itself has been withdrawn, nor that work previously certified under the NICEIC scheme is no longer valid. It states that the organisation no longer offers certification for the standard and that businesses holding its certification have been told1.
Certification against PAS 2030 is one route by which installers demonstrate competence to carry out measures such as insulation and heating upgrades to the standard required by government-funded retrofit programmes.
NICEIC has not published a reason for the decision, a list of alternative certification bodies, or transitional arrangements for businesses mid-way through an assessment. None of that has been reported1. The notice also does not indicate whether other certification bodies continue to offer PAS 2030 certification, or how many businesses held NICEIC certification for the standard before 31 March 2026.
"NICEIC no longer offers certification for PAS 2030 as of 31 March 2026. All previously certified businesses have been informed."
Why it matters for households
Certification bodies are the organisations that check an installer's work meets a published standard, and that check is often what makes a job eligible for grant funding or a warranty. A householder commissioning retrofit work may be shown a certification number as evidence the installer is qualified for the measures being installed.
With one body out of the market for PAS 2030, the practical question for a household is which organisation certified the installer, and whether that certification is still current. The regulation-policy hub covers how these schemes are structured. Certification for other types of work is separate: window and door installation is covered by FENSA vs Certass: Window and Door Installer Certification Compared, and small-scale generation such as solar panels and heat pumps by MCS: The Microgeneration Certification Scheme Explained. A change at one body for one standard does not affect those schemes.
For a home's energy independence, the effect is indirect. The standards exist to reduce the risk that insulation, glazing or heating measures underperform after installation, which is what determines whether a home actually uses less energy. Where certification routes narrow, the choice of certified installer may narrow with it, though no shortage of certified installers has been reported1.
What happens next
NICEIC has given no date for any further announcement and has not said what, if anything, replaces its PAS 2030 scheme1. Businesses that held its certification have been informed, but the notice does not set out what they are expected to do next.
Sources1 cited
- PAS 2030 scheme, niceic.com