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DEA numbers and regional coverage

Submitted by: MikeC (Admin) on 13-Jul-07 05:09:37 PM

The latest numbers of Domestic Energy Assessors (DEAs) were released by the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) yesterday (12/07/07) - Yes, I know I'm late but I've got a backlog here!

[DEA Numbers Update: Latest]

Let's dig in...

Trained, Qualified and Accredited DEAs - 11th July 2007

That's odd, innit!

Why? Well, it was only last week (06/07/07) that AHIPP said DEA numbers were at 1595 accredited DEAs.

So, is that just an increase of 8 newly accredited DEAs in 3 working days? Or, is one of those numbers wrong?

Hmm... I wonder whose! (Hint: AHIPP Should Rethink PR Strategy)

Hey, I'm not going to get all anal about a difference of 8, but it's this kind of margin-of-error that puts people's trust on edge.

I mean, consider the questions that could spin from that possible discrepancy:

• Were the last AHIPP numbers just a good guess?
• Are they correct, but the Govt's numbers wrong?
• Has the accreditation machine ground to a crawl in that 3 day period?
• Has the influx of accrediting DEAs peaked already?

Do you see what I mean? Following each of those questions leads to potentially serious conclusions.

Anyway, let's move on and look at the regional coverage of DEAs.

DEA Regional Coverage

DEA Workload Projection

I'm not going to comment on that table because Freeloader has been crunching numbers and come up with his own projections of workload for DEAs, should all 6006 assessors go on to accreditation, by region:

He's arrived at those numbers by overlaying the regional transaction data from last year's (2006) Land Registry database. Interesting reading (and good work Freeloader!).

Of course, that's last year, next year is another playground... particularly with interest rates as they currently are!

Official DCLG figures.

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Workloads
Reply #1 on : Mon July 16, 2007, 10:50:31

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Thanks for that Mike, I should point out that the Land Registry numbers are house sales rather than instructions, so the actual EPC numbers should be somewhat higher (10-15%..?) Also, DEAs employed directly by HIP providers will probably take the lions share of the work, so freelancers should crunch their own numbers for their business plans, taking account of the available freelance work rather than relying on my ballpark projections.
The table was created purely as a high-level overview of the projected regional workloads, but is by no means scientific :)

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Re: DEA numbers and regional coverage
Reply #2 on : Mon July 16, 2007, 15:41:28

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Thanks for the clarifications Freeloader, good work.

However, I will be holding you personally accountable if your predictions do not become 100% true ;)

[Added: In fact, that wouldn't be good at all... I take it back ;) ]

Last Edit: July 16, 2007, 21:12:34 by siteadmin