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News Release from: The National Insulation Association
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 29 April 2003
The National Insulation Association
Energy saving trust spurs Inulation Industry on for 'Massive Expansion'.
"This Boring, Sensible Product Deserves High Level Recognition," Says Eoin Lees "In the short-term some 65% of domestic energy saving through the Energy Efficiency Commitment schemes would come from insulation, with up to 40% of this from cavity wall insulation." So said Eoin Lees, Chief Executive of the Energy Saving Trust, when speaking at the Annual General Meeting of the re-formulated National Insulation Association (formerly the National Cavity Insulation Association, Council for Energy Efficiency Development, and National Association of Loft Insulation Contractors) The meeting marked the launch of the new association
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 22 Dec 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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He referred to the need for greater acknowledgment and a higher profile for insulation as "the most energy saving, but under valued product and service." Insulation did not gain the recognition it deserved as "it was not a high tech, visible, sexy product, but instead boringly sensible!" "Massive expansion" was needed in the insulating installing industry to meet Government fuel poverty and fuel emission targets.
A quarter of the domestic savings needed to come from cavity wall insulation in order to meet the 2010 commitment.
This meant that some six million homes needed be retrofitted with cavity wall insulation and other products within eight years - and the current installation rate was under 300,000 homes per year, which did not match-up." Also at the function Eoin Lees was awarded the Association's coverted John Baker Cup, which is named after the Association's founder and awarded annually to the person who has best helped the industry to move forward.
Eoin Lees has been the driving force behind the Energy Efficiency Commitment Scheme and the Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes, in which the Association participates.
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