The Home Energy Advisor qualification stems from the government’s commitment to improve the energy efficiency and sustainability of households across England and Wales.
Housing energy advisors (HEAs) assess individual households and offer practical advice for improving energy performance and reducing CO2 emissions and utility costs, whether through fabric improvements or changes in occupant behaviour. HEAs will also encourage and motivate occupants, facilitating implementation of these recommendations.
This qualification is ideal for domestic energy assessors and home inspectors to add to the services they offer.
There is no Portfolio requirement for this qualification, just an ABBE multiple choice exam.
New EntrantsCost: £695.00 inc vat
DEAs: £595.00 inc vat
Price includes all course materials and unlimited exam attempts.
James Murray, BusinessGreen, 12 Feb 2009 reported.
h1. Every home and small business in the UK could gain access to free or low-cost measures to enhance their energy efficiency as part of a nationwide programme proposed by the government today, which promises to deliver a huge boost to providers of energy-efficient and micro generation technologies.
Likening the proposed Great British Refurb to the 1960s rollout of an entirely new gas network, energy and climate change secretary Ed Miliband said the government would aim to provide whole-house energy makeovers to seven million homes by 2020 and cut carbon emissions by a third on 2006 levels by the same date.
He added that in addition to the medium-term targets, the government would seek to ensure every home has access to whole-home refurbishment services by 2030 and cut emissions from the entire UK housing stock to almost zero by 2050.
We are proposing a universal street by street, house by house scheme with everyone offered free or low cost advice. He said this cannot just be about a few million homes – we need to think bigger than that.
Central to the new plan are proposals for a new financing scheme designed to help householders overcome the high up-front costs typically associated with the installation of energy-efficient and micro generation technologies.
Under the scheme, householders would be offered loans to cover the cost of green refurbishments with repayments being made through part of the savings on energy bills that would result.
Miliband said that importantly, repayment of the loan would effectively be linked to the property rather than the resident. People only live in their homes for an average of nine years, and when we talk about up-front costs of £4,000 or £5,000 for green refurbishments, they would not recoup the cost in saved energy bills before moving, he said, adding that under the scheme the next resident would be able to continue to make the repayments from the continued savings on their energy bills.
