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H E C A

HECA

HECA Network News i s the quarter ly news magazine of UK HECA - The UK Home Energy Conser vat ion Associat ion

Edit ion 16 - Spr ing 2007

NETWORK NEWS

Pelamis wins funding

National Home Energy Conference 2007

Programme

photo copyright Ocean Power Delivery

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Pelamis rides wave of success!In February this year, the Scottish Executive announced more than £4 million of funding to enable the construction of the UK’s first wave farm in Orkney.

The project will be sited at EMEC, the European Marine Energy Centre, and will use four Pelamis wave energy converters with a combined output of 3MW, enough to power around 2,000 homes. The wave farm will be the world’s larg-est when it opens at the end of October.

The Pelamis P-750 Wave Energy Converter is the result of six years of extensive testing, modelling and development by Ocean Power Delivery Ltd. The ma-chine is a semi-submerged, articulated structure composed of cylindrical sec-tions linked by hinged joints. The wave-induced motion of these joints is resisted by hydraulic rams, which pump high-pressure oil through hydraulic motors, driv-ing electrical generators. Power from all the joints is fed down a single umbilical cable to a junction on the sea bed. Each Pelamis machine is 150 metres long, 3 metres high and weighs 700 tonnes!

In total, grants worth more than £�3 million were announced for marine energy projects in Scottish waters.

Deputy First Minister Nicol Stephen revealed details of the nine projects that will share the money, with the initial fund of £8 million increased by £5.15 million to meet demand. Mr Stephen said the industry had the potential to create thou-sands of jobs and attract millions of pounds of investment.

Ministers also confirmed that the Executive has reached its target to have 18 per cent of Scotland’s electricity generated from renewable sources, years ahead of schedule.

Other successful bidders for a share of the Marine Energy Fund are:

AWS Ocean Energy £2.128 million: design, construction, installation, testing and demonstration of a 500kW Archimedes Wave Swing (“AWS”) wave energy con-verter at the European Wave Energy Centre.

ScotRenewables £1.796 million: the SRTT is a floating tidal stream energy con-verter. The concept involves dual horizontal-axis rotors driving generators within sub-surface nacelles.

Open Hydro £1.214 million: 250kW Open-Centre Turbine to be installed on the

The Pelamis wave energy converter undergoing sea trials in January 2007 (photo copyright Ocean Power Delivery)

Please send any news items, articles or pictures that you would like to see in HECA Network News to:

Helen Atkins at the UK HECA Secretariat -

[email protected] Tel: 0116 299 5133

2-4 Market Place South, Leicester, LE1 5HB

HECAHECA Network News is the quarterly news magazine of the UK

Home Energy Conser-vation Association

Past issues of HECA Network News can be

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IPCC Report releasedOn February 2nd, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) adopted the Sum-mary for Policymakers of the first volume of Climate Change 2007, their fourth assessment report. Headlines were grabbed by the claim that scientists are now 90% certain that the ob-served rate of global warming is a direct result of human activity. The full report, the follow-up to their Third Assessment Report, issued in 200�, is due to be released in May this year.

To download the summary, visit www.ipcc.ch

sea bed at EMEC’s tidal site. OpenHydro was the first company to install a tidal turbine at EMEC during 2006.

Ocean Power Technology £0.598 million: The Pow-erBuoy is a buoy acting as a point absorber which moves up and down a central ‘spar’ as the wave passes by.

Aquamarine £0.275 million: Oyster devices are de-signed to exploit the wave resource in near-shore locations. The near-shore environment is consid-ered to be an optimal location for a device as the waves retain significant power compared to an offshore location but the damaging extreme waves are limited by water depth. This location is considered to reduce the capital and operating costs and hence maximise economic efficiency.

CleanTechCom £0.273 million: two 1 metre di-ameter siphon pipes which pass through the No � Churchill Barrier on land at the Northern tip of Lamb Holm island on Orkney.

Wavegen £0.149 million: development and testing of an advanced Wells turbine system which is ex-pected to be utilized on a wave energy project on the Western Isles, at Siadar, which is currently being developed with npower renewables. This project will use Wavegen’s existing Oscillating Water Column (OWC) at the Limpet site, near Portnahaven on the island of Islay.

Tidal Generation £0.077 million: extraction of a core sample of seabed from the berth area Tidal Generation’s machine will occupy.

For more information, including video footage of Pelamis in action, visit: www.oceanpd.com

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Have you checked out Better Priced Energy?A new service has been set up, by the Leic-stershire / Northamptonshire Energy Efficiency Advice Centre and Leicester City Council, for householders to check if they are getting the best deal on their gas and electricity. The web site compares prices for all power companies serving the UK, unlike some of the better known web sites, and it will also show from what source the electricity is produced.

To check if you’re getting the best price, go to www.betterpricedenergy.org.uk or call 0116 2995146. The service is available right across the UK.

Job Vacancies If you’re a job hunter or you’re looking to re-cruit in the field of energy conservation or sus-tainable energy, visit the UK HECA jobs page: www.ukheca.org.uk/jobs.php

Australia to Ban BulbsAustralian Environment Minister, Malcolm Turnbull has announced that Australia will be phasing out incandescent light bulbs in favour of energy efficient compact fluorescent bulbs within the next three years - a world first by a national government. Exemptions may apply for special needs such as medical lighting.

This switch would help Australia reduce its an-nual carbon dioxide emissions by 800,000 tonnes by 2012. “If the rest of the world ... fol-lows our lead, this will reduce an amount of en-ergy to the tune of five times as much energy as Australia consumes,” he said.

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Flintshire installs ground source heat pumpsFlintshire County Council has installed vertical borehole Ground Source Heat Pump systems in eight of its Council owned sheltered accommo-dation properties.

Cllr Bernie Attridge, Executive Member for Hous-ing and Consumer services said, “With the costs of all fuels rising significantly over the last couple of years and with no mains gas available to the village we needed to look into alternative eco-nomic forms of heating that benefit our tenants and that are good for the environment.

“This system provides affordable warmth for po-tentially vulnerable people and is a positive move towards the eradication of fuel poverty as direct-ed by the Welsh Assembly Government.”

The system was chosen as a pilot study because of the rising cost of energy and the council’s re-sponsibilities as landlords to try to minimise the effects of fuel poverty, which particularly affect elderly people who generally are on a limited in-come. Ground Source Heat Pumps typically cost 35 to 40 % less to run than an Oil fired installation. The former heating systems in Cilcain were ap-

proaching twenty years of age, were inefficient and not up to current standards and therefore in need of replacement .

Flintshire County Council’s scheme is one of the first in Wales, and the system incorporates ground source heat pumps to the eight bungalows in the Sheltered Housing Complex at Is-y-Mynydd, Cil-cain. Vertical bore holes have been drilled to a depth of 75 metres. A loop of plastic pipe (ground loop) is placed in the bore holes and a water /anti freeze mix, connected to a heat pump unit, is then circulated around this circuit. The lowgrade warmth absorbed from the ground by the ground loop is then heated by the refrigeration cycle to a suitable temperature to be circulated around conventional radiators and to provide all the hot water to the properties.

The warmth absorbed from the ground provides approximately 75% of the energy used to power this system making the running costs comparable to, or slightly better than mains gas. This heating system, common in many parts of Europe, costs a little more to install than an oil fired system but lasts up to three times longer, and requires no maintenance.

Ground source heat pumps work best when providing constant warmth which matches the

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Will Pierce was interviewed by HTV Wales, during the recent cold, snowy weather. Tenants, also interviewed, reported that their homes were lovely and warm.

The drilling rig in place outside one of the dwellings

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From left to right: Edwina Hart AM, Minister for Social Justice & Regeneration - Sandy Mewies AM Delyn, Flintshire - Will Pierce, Energy Manager Flintshire

County Council - Nia Prys-Williams, Home Energy Conservation Officer - Adam Chown, EAGA Partnership - Aaron Shotton, Leader Flintshire CC -

Cllr Bernie Attridge, Executive Member for Housing and Consumer Affairs.

needs of elderly people who tend to be less mo-bile and at home longer. There are also signifi-cant environmental benefits as some 75% of the energy needed to heat the properties is obtained free from the ground, making these systems sus-tainable from an energy perspective, and with a significant reduction in carbon emissions.

The installation of the heatpumps and associat-ed drilling works cost £46,800. This figure includes Welsh Assembly Government funding of £25,200. Whilst this is more expensive than a replacement oil boiler, each unit should have a life span three times that of a conventional boiler with no ongo-ing maintenance costs. The groundloop (outside pipework down the borehole) should last over 100 years, so the system is sustainable, and cost effec-tive over the life of the system.

Adam Chown, of Eaga Wales, said, “Since HEES was set up in 2000, we have installed energy ef-ficiency measures in more than 67,000 homes across Wales. We are obviously keen to reach as many vulnerable people as possible, which is why we are delighted to be working closely with Flint-shire County Council to help provide renewable energy measures.”

For more information, contact: Nia Price Williams, tel: 01352 703766 [email protected]

Home information packs updateA number of milestones have been achieved towards 1 June when Home Information Packs go live:

Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are on course for roll-out on � June and the key infrastructure is now in place.

The National Occupational Standard (NOS) and three qualifications have been approved to enable those wishing to be-come Domestic Energy Assessors (DEAs) to get trained up and ready to produce EPCs, from June.

In addition, new standards for accredita-tion have been established, and schemes which apply to accredit assessors will be expected to meet them.

A leaflet promoting the opportunities and pro-viding information about how to become a DEA has been produced.

The leaflet along with further information on EPC and DEAs can be found at: www.homeinformationpacks.gov.uk.

A heat pump unit

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For delegates booked onto Package A we have also arranged a pre-conference networking event, which will include a drinks reception, to welcome you to Northern Ireland!

This will be held on Wednesday 16 May at 9:00pm in the Library Bar, (Mezzanine level).

Evening Programme Day 1: Thursday 17 May 2007

18:45 Drinks Reception 19:30 Conference Gala Dinner 21:00 Irish Dancing21:15 HECA Awards Ceremony 22:00 Live Band 00:00 Disco

fuelling the debateenergy efficiency | renewables | nuclear power

www.ukheca.org.uk/conference

national home energy conference 2007

PROGRAMME DAy 1: THURSDAy 17 MAy 2007 Chair: Professor John Chesshire

8:30 Coffee & Registration 9:30 Oliver Myers - UK HECA Chair UK HECA Chair’s Welcome 9:35 Paddy McIntyre - Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Housing Executive Welcome Address 9:45 Senior Government Official Keynote Address 10:00 Noel Williams - Head of EST Northern Ireland Energy Saving Trust Segmentation Tool10:20 John Gilliland - Sustainable Development Commission 10:40 Break and Exhibition Viewing 11:15 Children’s Performance Title to be confirmed 11:45 Patrick Waterfield - Energy Consultant 12:05 Stephen Stretton - Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy (EFN) Contribution of nuclear energy to our future energy mix 12:30 Lunch & Exhibition Viewing

13:30 Debate: Energy Efficiency / Renewables / Nuclear Power Chaired by Wendy Austin - BBC Northern Ireland Journalist / Broadcaster 14:30 Site visits / Seminars17:00 Close

conference sponsors

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PROGRAMME DAy 2: FRIDAy 18 MAy 2007 Chair: Baroness Maddock

9:00 Coffee & Exhibition Viewing 9:30 Baroness Maddock Chair’s Welcome 9:40 Brian Rowntree - NI Housing Executive Chair Keynote Address 10:00 Richard Davies - Director, Marches Energy Agency Title to be confirmed 10:20 Break 10:30 Site visits / Seminars 13:00 Lunch & Exhibition Viewing 14:00 Catrin Maby - Director, Severn Wye Energy Agency SErENADE (Sharing Expertise in Energy Advice Across Europe)14:20 Philip Sellwood Presentation title to be confirmed 14:40 Dr Passmore Presentation title to be confirmed 15:00 Q & A 15:30 Finish

17-18 MAy 2007 IN BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND The theme for the 2007 conference, which will be the first to be held in Northern Ire-land, is: Fuelling the debate: Energy Efficiency / Renewables / Nuclear Power. The Conference has a new direction, with the focus being to encourage debate on ways we can supply energy to our homes, whilst accepting responsibilities for a lower carbon future. Another first, will be arranging visits to see some of the excellent projects and achievements that have been made in Northern Ireland. UK HECA also accepts that travelling to and from conferences causes emissions. In order to help mitigate these effects, UK HECA have agreed a package with the Woodland Trust to help offset these emissions. log on to www.ukheca.org.uk/conference to book your place.

we are supporting the Woodland Trust

HECAuk home energy

conservation association

SITE VISITS Visit 1: Tour of Belfast East to WestVisit 2: Oxford Island Nature ReserveVisit 3: Thermomax Solar Panel Factory

SEMINARS Seminar 1: Intelligent Metering / EEC3Seminar 2: NI Energy Saving Trust Advice Centre Pilot Showcase Seminar 3: Low Carbon Building ProgrammeSeminar 4: The HECA Review

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Trust ensures better energy paymentsThe EDF Energy Trust is a charitable trust, estab-lished in October 2003 and overseen by a board of independent trustees. Its aim is to help relieve and prevent poverty by educating the public on personal debt issues. During the first three years of operation, the Trust has awarded more than £2 million and assisted around 4,300 households with awards targeted at relief of energy and oth-er debts.

As part of their continuing commitment to im-proving the value of the individual grants pro-gramme, the Trustees were keen to evaluate the impact of grants on applicants. Having received a grant, how were individuals managing energy needs and payments? And was additional work required to help beneficiaries develop sustain-able budgets to ease longer term commitments?

To answer such questions, the Trust commissioned a number of money advice agencies to under-take a pilot study on its behalf.

Seven voluntary sector agencies in the south of England took part in the pilot study, all of which had extensive experience of submitting applica-tions to the Trust on behalf of their clients.

From these agencies, a total of �20 individuals underwent in-depth face-to-face or telephone interviews.

An analysis of the results revealed:

78 per cent of those receiving an award were successfully managing their energy payments since the award was made

79 per cent of those receiving awards felt that the award had enabled them to make a fresh start

It is evident from this limited survey that the im-pact on managing budgets around energy pay-ments improves as a consequence of the awards, beyond that of managing the overall household budget. It also suggests the awards are reaching the right people – that is, individuals or house-holds that before receiving the award simply couldn’t pay their energy bills and now wish to make a fresh start. Where there is little or no evi-dence that an award will result in a sustainable difference to an individual’s ongoing budget, the Trust makes a limited number of ‘quality of life’

awards for extreme cases of vulnerability. A typi-cal circumstance might be where there is a ter-minally ill member of a household. These awards will account for some of the individuals who fail to maintain their energy payments on an ongoing basis and the Trust understands that this is likely to be the case.

The sample statistics confirm recent reports com-piled by EDF Energy which also suggest that more than 70 per cent of customers who received a grant from the Trust more than a year before are able to meet ongoing charges for energy.

The following chart shows the impact of Trust awards on individual customers who have been both supported financially in times of particular need and in their commitment to improving their personal financial management.

% Customers with debt outstanding vs Age of Grant

65% 62%70%

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Date of EDF Energy Trust award

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No Debt Debt 0 - 60 days old Debt > 60 days old

Pictured left to right: Brian Rowntree, Chairman of N.I. Housing Executive

Peter Hain MP, Secretary of State for N. Ireland (& Wales) A tenant of the N.I. Housing Executive

houses fitted with their new solar panels

NB Statistics are based on a sample size of 3,717 EDF Energy customers who have received an award from the Trust.

The Trust is clearly reaching people who, given the chance, will show a firm commitment to pay-ing their bills in the future. This is despite the fact their financial circumstances are often still under pressure.

Comments received from individuals included:

“The award made a big difference to me and has helped me maintain more regular payment pat-terns”

“Seems better now as direct debit payments have been set up to control ongoing bills”

“Very pleased with support given through a par-ticularly difficult time”

Most respondents indicated how happy they were to be contacted for feedback on the proc-

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% Customers with debt outstanding vs age of grant

Date of EDF Energy Trust Award

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Northern Ireland Housing Executive Solar Panel ProgrammeAs Home Energy Conservation Author-ity for Northern Ireland, the Housing Ex-ecutive has been involved in many pilot projects to test the viability of renewa-bles in reducing energy consumption. Following the success of these projects and, in particular, the use of solar ther-mal panels, the Housing Executive has been keen to find a way to mainstream this technology.

Following the recent launch by Peter Hain, of the Environment and Renewable Energy Fund to promote the use of re-newables, the Housing Executive made a successful bid and received £1.8m which will enable the installation of solar thermal panels in over 600 NIHE homes over two years. Since August 2006, the Housing Executive has already installed solar thermal panels in over 300 dwell-ings in estates in Belfast, Dromore, Car-rickfergus, Magherafelt and Limavady.

By utilising the existing heating replace-ment programme and the Housing Ex-ecutive’s two main heating contractors, administration costs have been kept to a minimum ensuring that the maximum number of panels can be installed.

It is anticipated that the panels will pro-vide around 40 – 50% of the household’s annual hot water requirements. The re-sultant reduction in oil and gas usage will not only reduce carbon emissions but will also result in lower energy bills for tenants. Fuel poverty levels in Northern Ireland are among the highest in the UK with many of the fuel poor resident in so-cial housing. Therefore, the solar thermal programme will have a positive impact on fuel poverty as well as air quality and HECA targets.

- Maureen Kerr

Pictured left to right: Brian Rowntree, Chairman of N.I. Housing Executive

Peter Hain MP, Secretary of State for N. Ireland (& Wales) A tenant of the N.I. Housing Executive

houses fitted with their new solar panels

ess and for being asked if they required further assistance. “It’s good that the Trust and advice worker still take an interest. Nice to have a check-up”.

It is clear that the creation and work of such an energy trust, positively supported by a corporate donor, can deliver significant improvement in the abilities and commitment to pay for those seek-ing support.

Many agencies and members of the public are also unaware of the options open to them for sup-port and advice from charitable trusts, such as energy efficiency services and the like. The Trust intends to address this further with a series of free energy debt courses for advice workers in 2007.

For further details on the EDF Energy Trust, or how to apply for a grant through the individual grants programme, please visit the website at www.edfenergytrust.org.uk, call the information line on 01733 421050 or email: [email protected]

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Beeston Fields Junior School Energy Heroes with the Mayor of Broxtowe Borough Council, Cllr Doug Wilcockson

School Energy Heroes Help Save The PlanetA partnership of local organisations including Broxtowe Borough Council, Global Action Plan - ecoteams and the Healthy Housing Service have been working together to create a new bred of Heroes - ENERGy HEROES!

year 5/6 pupils in four Junior Schools in Broxtowe Borough have taken part in an afternoon of events to transform them from school children into ener-gy warriors on a mission to save the planet.

Pupils had the opportunity to take part in a fun Climate Change based drama, set in the year 2106. The drama was especially commissioned for the events and used time travel to highlight the consequences of continuing to waste energy and emphasised how even small actions like switching off a light can help save the planet. Pupils also took part in a solar car workshop learning about renewable energy, building and then racing cars powered only by the sun.

After a talk featuring the Broxtowe Recycling team and Brock the Badger, the pupils were sent on missions to complete an Energy themed work-book. Aided by Energy Man, Water Woman and Insulation Boy, children were encouraged to find

energy saving facts provided by displays and in-teractive experiments like the S Cube - an edu-cational toy containing a small wind turbine and solar panel.

With the afternoon of activities completed, each pupil was presented with their new Energy Hero name, certificate, low energy light bulbs, pens, and stickers and sent out on their ultimate mission to “Switch off, Recycle and Spread the Message”.

This is what some of the Heroes said:

Peter McColl, aged �0 AKA - FUSION FORCE - “I have learnt what could happen with global warming and what we can do to help save the earth”

Francesca Wood, aged �0 AKA - INFRA RED - “more people should cycle to cut carbon emis-sions from cars”

Staci Henshaw, aged �� AKA - WAVE WARRIOR - “If you do the washing put it outside to dry and not in the tumble dryer”

Events took place during Oct 06 at Sunnyside Pri-mary School, Albany Junior School, Beeston Fields Junior School and Eastwood Junior School, with further events planned for the next school year.

For further information about the Energy Heroes project please contact Lee Morton, Energy Man-

ger, Broxtowe Borough Council 0115 917 3065

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Sutherland Comparative Heating Cost TablesThe Sutherland Comparative Domestic Heating Cost Tables have been published regularly in various journals and magazines since 1976 and have gained a reputation as an independent and impartial source of fuel and heating cost data. Since January 2006, the tables have been published by DPW Associates - a small Belfast-based consultancy with over 25 years expe-rience in the fields of energy and IT.

The tables, which are published twice yearly, are intended to be used to compare different domestic fuels and the costs of using them under simi-lar conditions, throughout regions of UK and Ireland, using assumed heating and hot water loads for different house types in each region. Information is provided on the cost of space and water heating of three sizes of house; namely, two-bedroom terraced, three-bedroom semi-detached and four-bedroom detached. The means of heating include solid fuel in its various forms, through electricity in both peak and off-peak appliances, mains gas, LPG and oil. Also covered is the cost of heating an individual room by all com-mon means ranging from open and closed solid fuel appliances, through gas and electric heaters to fixed and portable LPG heaters.

Using our background in energy and IT, we have been able to maintain and develop not only the content of the Tables, but also the way in which they are produced - we have moved to web-based access, streamlining produc-tion of the tables, enhancing ease of access – and of course reducing our energy and environmental impact via absence of paper and mailing trans-portation!

Regarding the content of the Tables, we have moved to a monthly sample rate for fuel/energy costs, which helps to even out seasonal swings in prices. We have also introduced a new index, based on current Building Regula-tions standards, which runs alongside the existing index (based on stand-ards prevailing at the time the Tables began). The latter may thus be suitable for the existing building stock while the new index is more representative of newbuild. We are also reviewing the underlying algorithms and assumptions used in producing the data and considering other fuels (eg biomass) and electricity tariffs. However, we do not wish to overly complicate the Tables, which already contain a large amount of information and we also need to provide continuity with previously published material to maintain a historical perspective (a rolling 5-year average of fuel costs is provided).

A key advantage when it comes to producing the Tables is that we are en-tirely commercially independent. Our energy activities are focused mainly on reducing energy consumption in buildings, no matter what type of fuel or energy is used. We therefore have no interest in favouring, or appearing to favour, any one fuel or energy type over another.

The Sutherland Tables are provided on a subscription basis, with additional license fees for those wishing to use the content for training or promotional purposes.

Please visit our new website at www.sutherlandtables.co.uk for more infor-mation. We always welcome feedback from current and potential users of the Tables regarding ongoing improvements to the service. �0

Insulation Boy

Water Woman

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South West HECA ForumChair:

Vice Chair:

Secretariat:

Colin Anderson01752 307176

[email protected]

Erica Pretty01202 633 428

[email protected]

Martin Eibl01752 235 183

[email protected]

Welsh HECA ForumChair:

Vice-Chair:

Secretariat:

Nia Prys-Williams01352 703766

[email protected]

Steve Martin01443 864645

[email protected]

Hannah Willis 01633 223009

[email protected]

West MidlandsHECA Forum

Chair:

Vice-Chair:

Secretariat:

Graham Jones01584 813 377

[email protected]

Neil Morton0121 3036 148

[email protected]

Ellie Cooper0121 262 6402

[email protected]

Home Energy Officers’ Network(HEON) - North West

Chair:

Secretariat/Vice-Chair:

Brian Sexton0161 242 5803/5805

[email protected]

Alison Hartley0161 242 5810

[email protected]

North East Domestic Energy ForumChair:

Secretariat:

Steve Kent0191 433 [email protected]

01642 777 [email protected]

Vice Chair: Ian Bloomfield01388 761 [email protected]

Wendi Wheeler

Northern Ireland HECAAdvisory Panel

Representative: Noel Rice02890 240 588

[email protected]

East Pennine HECA ForumYork & HumberChair: Paul Maplethorpe01709 [email protected]

Alison Wilson01302 [email protected]

Vice -Chair: Jane Mears01482 [email protected]

Secretariat:

London HECA ForumChair:

Secretariat:

Ian Lane0207 525 [email protected]

Sarah Hitchcock0845 450 [email protected]

Vice-Chair: Jeremy Hopkins020 7641 [email protected]

Scottish HECA Officers’ Network (SHON)Chair:

Secretariat:

Stephen Cunningham01506 773744

[email protected]

Scott Restrick0141 226 3064

[email protected]

Home Energy Officers’Network Eastern

Representative:

Secretariat:

(HEON) -Chair: Bruce Pittingale07918 601 [email protected]

Steve Adelizzi01279 [email protected]

John Davis01733 262 [email protected]

East Midlands HECA ForumChair:

Vice-Chair:

Secretariat:

Denise

emheca@

Marsdon01933 [email protected]

Alison McCafferty0116 299 [email protected]

Ros Badley0116 299 5126

leicester.gov.uk

South East HECA ForumChair:

Secretariat:

Kathy Alcock01892 554 [email protected]

Laura Russell020 7922 [email protected]

Vice Chair: Zoe Leader01903 737 [email protected]

UK HECA

Chair: Oliver Myers0207 [email protected]

UK HECA Secretariat:Helen Atkins0116 299 [email protected]

Disclaimer: The views expressed within this publication are individual and not necessarily shared by the editorial com-mittee, the UK Home Energy Conservation Association (HECA), Leicester City Council or our sponsors.

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