EPCs for Commercial Buildings

3.4 Responsibilities for Conducting Energy Assessments

The people able to conduct energy assessments and produce EPCs must be accredited energy assessors. Energy assessors must be members of an accreditation scheme, and can be self employed, employees of service organisations such as estate agents, surveyors or energy companies, or employees of the landlord or owner.

Energy assessors must act in an independent manner and be a member of a Government approved accreditation scheme. Energy assessors are responsible for conducting an energy assessment, producing an EPC and lodging the EPC with their accreditation scheme.

The accreditation scheme is responsible for ensuring certificates are properly registered and also for the quality of the certificate you receive. Section 3.7 provides more information about accreditation schemes and section 6 provides more information if you have a complaint or concern about an energy assessment or an EPC.