ProDEA is Launched

New energy assessor support group

Submitted by: MikeC (Admin) on 24-Sep-08 07:15:34 PM

Readers may remember Institutes and Associations: Next!, a blog-posting made back in July reporting on the myriad of demands and wishes a new proposed organisation should address on behalf of Domestic Energy Assessors.

Well, ProDEA is the result and it has launched today. Its stated aims are:

• Increase work opportunities for Energy Assessors
• Help maintain fair and sustainable industry fees
• Represent the professional and business interests of DEAs
• Champion standards for the EPC, Energy Assessor and Accreditation Bodies

Go check it out.

What I'd like to know is:

• What are the differences between it, and the other national organisations?
• What is its constitution?
• Is it a Panel, Co-operative, Community Interest Company, Association, Institute, what?

Is it ready to launch?

Charlotte Lawrance
Posts: 3

Pro DEA
Reply #1 on : Thu September 25, 2008, 17:12:02

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At the moment Pro DEA is a working group - we are trying very hard to make sure our development is transparent, which is one of our major differences!

We would like to work together with other orgnaisations to improve the lot of DEAs and proactively promote EPCs. We are not interested in being negative about other groups that are already evolved but by postings on the HI forum we saw a need for a different organisation and are intending to work very hard to fill that gap.

We are a non profit organisation.

Hope that helps - if any other questions please have a look at www.prodea.og.uk

Jack Gordonson
Posts: 3

Re: New energy assessor support group
Reply #2 on : Fri October 03, 2008, 15:47:18

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No, sorry, I still don't get it. What do Prodea actually do. You say you are different because you are transparent, but you seem unwilling to state what your actual purpose is and how you are going to "improve the lot for DEAs". It's almost as though you had a sudden thought that something ought to change, but you have absolutely no idea what that change should be or how you are going to achieve it.

This whole prodea thing is strangely amateurish.

Charlotte
Posts: 3

Pro DEA
Reply #3 on : Sun October 05, 2008, 19:26:55

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We are a working group so at the moment we are concentrating on building bridges with useful organisations, networking with potential discount providers etc so Pro DEA can Provide useful information, discounts and help to members.

We feel if we tackle the underlying problems then we will be able to get somewhere - the main one is that although most DEAs (myself included) are independant there are times when we need to work together to be heard and to make sure that DEAs and EPCs are promoted to the general public in a positive proactive way. At the moment we are working towards advertising etc to be able to do that.

We will be updating our website in the forseeable future and putting updates on the HI forum so that potential members and any interested parties can clearly see what Pro DEA are trying to achieve.

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