‘Green Match’ – a brokering service for energy efficiency installers

Posted on February 20, 2026February 21, 2026 by Phil Beardmore

‘Green Match’ – a brokering service for energy efficiency installers

I often get asked if I run a list of recommended installers of energy saving measures. This would be a thankless task for a small business to undertake on behalf of all householders. The government backed agency, TrustMark, is meant to be a source of recommended installers. Unfortunately its reputation has suffered as some of the installers on its list are not reputable.

Over recent months I have been keeping an eye on Green Match. This isn’t a ‘list of recommended installers’, but it is a broker of installers. Several of my clients have found good installers through it, where they had previously struggled to find them.

The only limitation of GreenMatch is that it gives the impression that there are universal grants available to householders. There aren’t. If GreenMatch suggests to you that a grant is available, then treat it with caution. If you’re looking for a crock of gold, you aren’t going to find it on GreenMatch or anywhere. But if you are looking for installers who are active and looking for customers, then GreenMatch seems to be the best bet at the moment. So I am happy to signpost people to it.

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