Eaga plc
14 December 2007


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14 December 2007

                                                           For Immediate Release

                                    eaga plc

                         eaga expands as HIPs extended


Green support services company eaga has strengthened its national network of
energy performance assessors following the extension of Home Information Packs
to cover all residential properties.

From midnight on 13 December 2007 rules came into force requiring sellers of
even the smallest homes to provide a HIP on their property. The process was
applied to larger homes in June.

A key report within HIPs is the Energy Performance Certificate ("EPC") to
demonstrate a property's energy efficiency.

As one of the largest providers of domestic energy efficiency solutions in
Europe, eaga is ideally placed to produce the new reports and to advise
households on energy saving measures.

John Clough MBE, eaga Chief Executive, said: "Within the company we currently
have 68 trained assessors operating across England and Wales, who have carried
out some 2,500 EPCs so far. Our national reach and infrastructure means we have
the capacity and synergies in place to add to this workforce as demand for HIPs
accelerates. I expect the number of trained assessors to exceed 150 by the end
of next year.

"Whatever people think of HIPs they are a fact of life, and EPCs are seen by
many as the most useful part of the report. Indeed, homeowners who are not
looking to move are increasingly having their houses assessed to see if they can
become more energy efficient, to reduce their fuel bills and reduce their carbon
footprint."


Using a UK standard assessment procedure, the certificate will provide valuable
information on how efficiently a property generates heating, lighting and hot
water. A higher rating will mean lower fuel bills. A rating system will also
illustrate a property's environmental impact through CO2 emissions.


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For further information please contact:

eaga plc                                                   0191 247 3800
Ross Armstrong, Director of Corporate Affairs
Rik Kendall, Media Relations Manager

Hogarth Partnership                                        020 7357 9477
Chris Matthews
Andrew Jaques            
Ian Payne

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Notes to Editors



   *eaga plc is the UK's largest residential energy efficiency provider. The
    company is a leader in the provision of innovative and sustainable services,
    products and solutions that address the environmental, social and energy
    efficiency objectives of Government and the private sector both nationally
    and internationally.
   *Working in partnership with central and local government eaga is
    positioned at the heart of policy-making and front-end delivery of social
    and environmental improvement programmes. eaga operates across the UK and in
    the Republic of Ireland, India and Canada employing over 3,500 people.
   *eaga was established in Newcastle in 1990 to lead government funded
    efforts to improve the living conditions of vulnerable people living in
    cold, damp and energy inefficient homes across England. Since its inception,
    eaga has made a positive difference to over 5 million disadvantaged
    households across the UK, by installing energy efficiency measures and
    central heating.
   *eaga holds the contract to deliver the �1.5 billion Warm Front programme
    in England, the cornerstone of government's target to eliminate fuel poverty
    by installing energy efficiency measures in vulnerable homes by 2010. eaga
    also works with devolved nation governments to deliver similar schemes
    across the UK.
   *As a co-owned business, eaga is one of only a handful of UK organisations
    where every employee with over a year's service is entitled to a share in
    the success of the business. eaga's commitment to co-ownership is an
    integral part of the values that define the ethos of the business and what
    it means to be an eaga employee.
   *The Government has set targets for all local authorities to have all
    social rented homes meeting Decent Homes standards by 2010. This requires
    homes to be fit for habitation, in a reasonable state of repair, with
    reasonably modern facilities and services and a reasonable degree of thermal
    comfort.
   *Since 2000, eaga has invested over �3 million in the independent eaga
    Partnership Charitable Trust which funds research into solutions to fuel
    poverty.




                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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