As part of their ongoing commitment to improving energy
efficiency district-wide, Mid Suffolk District Council has
commissioned Access Telemarketing to conduct a telephone survey to
collect important information from householders about energy
efficiency.
This will not only help promote the value of potential energy
saving and cost-cutting measures like loft and cavity wall
insulation, pipe and tank lagging, draught proofing and installing
renewable energy systems, but will also help provide the
information the council needs for compiling its annual report to
the Department for Energy and Climate Change.
The telephone survey, conducted at random from information held
in telephone directories, will contact up to 2,000 district
householders over a two-week period, starting this Monday (15 June
2009). Householders will be asked questions about current fuel use
and costs and about any energy saving measures they have already
installed.
Bob Smith, the Council’s Private Sector Housing Lead Officer,
said: “Improving energy efficiency is one of the easiest and most
effective ways every householder can save money. It can also help
people stay warm in their homes, as well reducing the amount of
harmful gases entering the atmosphere”.
“We’d like to assure our residents that personal details will
not be recorded and that the details we collect will only be used
for the purposes of improving our current service. All data
collected will be screened against the Telephone Preference Service
to meet the requirements of the Data Protection Act.”
"The topic of energy efficiency may not immediately interest
everybody, but the end results, saving money, keeping warm, and
reducing the emission of greenhouse gases certainly do,” comments
Bob. “We’d like everyone who is contacted to take part, and it
could be advantageous for those who think they may benefit from
cutting household bills.”
If you are contacted over the next two weeks by Access
Telemarketing, please answer each question honestly as it really
could help you save money and ensure that we are all doing our bit
to fight the effects of global warming.
-ENDS-
Media contact:
Vicky Smy, Senior Communications Officer, telephone: 01449
724725, email:
bob.smith@midsuffolk.gov.uk