Following the Green Homes announcement by the Prime Minister in November 2007, the Energy Saving Trust accelerated the roll out of its network of advice centres, which form the key delivery channel for all the Green Homes services.
There are 21 centres now operational, including five covering Scotland funded by the Scottish Government. The centres provide independent, impartial advice on energy efficiency, microgeneration and renewable energy, low carbon transport, water efficiency and waste reduction and a range of services that will help consumers to take action.
The details of the 16 regional advice centres that are funded by my Department are listed as follows.
Date opened EST advice centre Number of inquiries since opening 2007 5 November London 86,090 16 November Wales 67,600 2008 1 April Northern Ireland 30,161 1 May North West 1 Merseyside and Cheshire 16,917 1 May North West 2 Greater Manchester 14,750 1 September West Midlands 2,386 1 September East Midlands 1,434 8 September North West 3 Cumbria and Lancashire 5,177 15 September Yorkshire and Humber 1 N. Yorkshire 3,065 15 September Yorkshire and Humber 2 S and W Yorkshire 4,010 29 September South West 1— 1 October Eastern 1 Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge 1— 1 October Eastern 2 Essex, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire 1— 6 October South East 1 Thames Valley Solent 1— 6 October South East 2 Kent Surrey and Sussex 1— 1 April North East 39,155 1 Information unavailable until November 2008.