EPCs for Commercial Buildings

Contents
EPCs for Commercial Buildings
1.1 Why Energy Performance Certificates Are Required
1.2 Buildings requiring an energy performance certificate
1.3 When Energy Performance Certificates are required
1.4 Buildings requiring a Display Energy Certificate (DEC)
1.5 Situations where an EPC is not required
2.1 What is an EPC and what does it mean?
2.2 What an EPC for a non-dwelling contains
2.3 Registering EPCs
3.1 Responsibilities for providing an EPC on construction or modification of a non-dwelling
3.2 Responsibilities for providing EPCs when selling or letting a non-dwelling
3.3 Transactions not considered to be a sale or let
3.4 Responsibilities for conducting energy assessments
3.5 Producing Energy Performance Certificates
3.6 Collecting the information required for an Energy Performance Certificate
3.7 Energy assessor accreditation
3.8 Using EPCs in commercial transactions
4.1 Providing information to prospective buyers and tenants
4.2 Building use, tenancy arrangements and the requirements for EPCs
4.3 Situations where an EPC may be unobtainable
5.1 What contributes to the energy performance of a building
5.2 What an energy assessment involves
5.3 Recommendations with an Energy Performance Certificate
6.1 Checking the authenticity of an Energy Performance Certificate
6.2 Checking the Authenticity of your Energy Assessor
6.3 Protecting Energy Performance Certificate Information
6.4 Complaints
6.5 Penalties for not having an EPC
7.0 - Questions and Answers
7.1 - Glossary of Terms
Annex A - Further Sources of Information
Annex B - Saving energy in your building
Improving the energy rating of a building

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EPCs for Commercial Buildings

6.1 Checking the authenticity of an Energy Performance Certificate

An EPC should be properly recorded, by the energy assessor, in the central register for non-dwellings which contains all EPCs. An EPC is identified by a unique reference number that relates only to your premises.

If you have commissioned an EPC for your building you will receive a copy of the certificate.

If you have been given an EPC and wish to check its authenticity, you can access the register by entering the reference number on the certificate. If you cannot find your certificate in the register or you have any concerns regarding the authenticity of the information contained within the certificate, you should contact the accreditation body of your energy assessor. The energy assessor details, their accreditation scheme and their membership number should be on the certificate.

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