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Energy-assessors.com has come out fighting this afternoon against the RICS's decision to challenge the Home Information Pack legislation. Stephen Callaghan, director of the training outfit for those wishing to become energy assessors has a right old dig at the institution. He says:
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"RICS' announcement... is nothing more than the latest knee-jerk reaction from the politically-motivated anti-HIPs brigade. Furthermore, it is a strange call from an organisation that has been given status as one of five accreditation bodies for the training of Domestic Energy Assessors.
"To take this step at the eleventh hour is not going to benefit the energy efficiency of the UK's housing stock, which is in a sad state of inefficiency, but is instead just another move in a game of political point-scoring and an attempt to cover over the fact that RICS has done very little to prepare for the arrival of HIPs, in spite of Government legislation.
"With just eleven working days remaining until the introduction of HIPs, the industry should be focusing its efforts on ensuring that consumers will receive a seamless service come the 1st June."
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