Ed Davey launches Energy Efficiency Deployment Office

DECC — February 9th 2012

New Energy and Climate Secretary Ed Davey officially launched the Energy Efficiency Deployment Office (EEDO), a dedicated team within the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), at the John Lewis Partnership's Peter Jones store in Sloane Square, London, yesterday.

EEDO has been set up to drive forward energy efficiency policy and make it more relevant to people's ever day lives. It will help to deliver the Green Deal, alongside other energy saving policies.
Addressing business leaders at the launch Mr. Davey began by saying: "I'm hugely enthusiastic about energy efficiency. It's the cheapest way of cutting carbon - and cutting bills for consumers. It has to be at the heart of what we do. That's why the Energy Efficiency Deployment Office was set up."

"EEDO will be a centre of expertise, challenging our work and making energy efficiency real and relevant to peoples everyday lives".

He pointed out that two out of three consumers think their home is wasting energy. More than a third of consumers are not aware that energy suppliers offer cheap insulation.