We are constantly told how we must become more energy efficient. Climate change is a man made phenomenon and we must all play our part to consume less energy. Drive less using more fuel efficient cars, fly less, and even eat less red meat! But what are the political parties proposing by way of tax [...]
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Online ordering of both domestic and commercial EPC’s will be available soon.
From October 2008 all buildings rented out by private landlords or the Local Authority have been required to have a Social
Housing Energy Certificate (EPC). Whilst this has crucial implications for landlords and Local Authorities there are still some buildings which do not always require individual EPCS to be carried out on them, such as:
Cloned EPCs [...]
Many social landlords out there will have properties which are very similar to each other, such as blocks of flats. With these types of properties in mind there are now production methods for EPCs which account for multiple properties which are similar to each other. Obviously this is more useful for social landlords rather than [...]
One of the important areas of the recent strategies for tackling climate changes is the European Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings or EPBD. As around 50% of all carbon emissions in the UK actually come from buildings it is vital that the energy performance of all buildings is known. By introducing the Energy [...]
Documentation is available to help landlords with the production of EPCs for their properties in the following ways:
T o assist DEAs (Domestic Energy Assessors) and HIs (Home Inspectors) in the production of EPCs for properties which are of a similar type. For ease of reading whenever the term DEA is used it is meant to [...]
With the Government committed to reducing carbon emissions as close to zero by the year 2020 there are several initiatives that are now in practice regarding energy assessments and commercial properties. There are various ways in which this now affects private owners of leased or rented properties which includes homes and business. This also includes [...]
Due to Government legislation as from October 2008 all landlords and letting agents are legally required to supply an EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) to all prospective tenants. This legislation covers all landlords and letting agents throughout England and Wales. Landlords and letting agents in Scotland have had to supply their prospective tenants with an EPC [...]
Display Energy Certificates (DECs) are certificates which give a building an energy rating based on the actual energy consumption of the particular building. All buildings which have over 1000 m² of useful floor space which are occupied or partially occupied by an institution (schools, universities, hospitals, colleges etc), by a public authority or which are [...]
