Air conditioning grant checker

Since April 2026, air conditioning that heats your home can get a £2,500 Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant in England and Wales. Answer a few questions to see whether yours is likely to qualify.

What are you installing?

Where is the property?

Is it a home or a business premises?

Will you use it to heat the home?

What heats the home now?

Will the old heating be removed?Fully replaced, not kept alongside

Will it heat the whole home on its own?All of the space heating, not just some rooms

Has a grant been claimed at this address before?

Is your installer MCS certified?For this technology, with RECC, HIES or MCS:2025

A guide, not a decision: your installer applies and Ofgem decides. Rules as published in Ofgem's Boiler Upgrade Scheme guidance for applications from 28 April 2026.

Boiler Upgrade Scheme

Could be eligible for £2,500

Taken off your installer's quote up front.

Ask your installer whether they are MCS certified for this technology, with an approved consumer code (RECC, HIES or MCS:2025) — only they can apply.

How the grant works

What the checker looks at

• Where you live — the scheme covers England and Wales only.
• Home or business — air-to-air heat pumps qualify for homes only.
• Heating, not just cooling — the grant is for heating your home.
• What it replaces — it must fully replace gas, oil, LPG or electric heating that doesn't include a heat pump.
• The whole home — the heat pump must meet all the space heating on its own.
• One grant per property — and no previous grant at the address.
• Your installer — MCS certified for the technology, with an approved consumer code (RECC, HIES or MCS:2025).

For the full rules, how the grant is paid and what changed in April 2026, read can I get a grant for air conditioning? To see what a system for each room typically costs before the grant, see air conditioning cost by room.

Frequently asked questions

Does air conditioning qualify for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme?

Air conditioning that heats your home — an air-to-air heat pump — does, in England and Wales, since 28 April 2026. It can get a £2,500 grant if it replaces your existing gas, oil, LPG or electric heating and is fitted by an MCS-certified installer. Air conditioning used only for cooling doesn't qualify.

Who applies for the grant, me or the installer?

Your installer. They must be MCS certified for the technology, with an approved consumer code (RECC, HIES or MCS:2025). They apply for the voucher, take the grant off your quote and are paid by the scheme. Ofgem contacts you to confirm you agree.

Can I get the off-gas-grid uplift with air conditioning?

No. The £1,500 uplift for homes heated by oil or LPG applies to air-to-water and ground source heat pumps only, so an air-to-air system stays at £2,500.

Source: Ofgem, Boiler Upgrade Scheme Installer Guidance V5.1. Rules change — check Ofgem's scheme page before relying on a result.