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EPCs for Commercial Buildings
3.7 Energy assessor accreditation
Government approved accreditation schemes monitor the quality of energy assessments and EPCs by ensuring energy assessors are competent and possess the appropriate skills to conduct energy assessments. To become a member of an accreditation scheme energy assessors will need to:
- demonstrate their competence, either by having a recognised qualification from an awarding body or approved prior experience and learning equivalent to the National Occupational Standard requirements
- maintain appropriate professional indemnity cover
- update their skills and knowledge regularly
- participate in the accreditation body’s quality assurance scheme
- abide by the schemes advice and guidance.
Energy assessors will need to be qualified for the type of building being assessed.
For non-dwelling EPCs,the levels are:
- level 3 – simple, existing non-dwellings: small buildings such as converted houses or
doctors surgeries (using SBEM)
- level 4 – new and existing non-dwellings: eg small purpose built office buildings
(using SBEM)
- level 5 – new and existing complex non-dwellings: eg large office buildings or factories
(using modelling tools eg DSM).
Approved Accreditation bodies for energy assessors for non–dwellings are:
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