Mayor hosts event for national award winners

Energy efficiency work recognised

An award winning team that has helped thousands of households in Cumbria save more than £1.6million a year in energy bills, has had their hard work recognised by the Mayor of Carlisle, Cllr Elizabeth Mallinson today (Tuesday, 14 August).

A Civic reception was held for the Cumbria Energy Efficiency Advice Centre (EEAC) this afternoon at the Civic Centre.

An integrated and highly professional service, EEAC offers advice, funding and insulation. In just two years it has insulated the cavity walls of more than 9,000 homes and provided loft insulation for more than 5,000 homes, saving 12,500 tonnes of CO2 a year and reducing fuel bills by more than £1.6 million a year.

Their hard work was recently recognised nationally when they won the Ashden Award for Energy Innovation and attended a presentation with US green-campaigner Al Gore and HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.

Staff from EEAC, part of Carlisle City Council's Development Services, provides free, impartial energy efficiency to more than 15,000 Cumbrian householders.

They help local people who are faced with a bewildering array of grants to make sense of the options and access the right funds for them. One of EEAC's greatest strengths is the stringent management controls it has developed which ensure that contractors carry out work to consistently high standards.