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

2.2 What an EPC for a non-dwelling contains

In addition to the asset ratings, EPCs must convey several other key pieces of information:

Reference information

This includes the unique certificate reference number (as stored in the central register) the date of issue of the certificate and when it is valid until.

Energy assessor details

This includes the assessor’s name, accreditation number, company name (or trading name if self employed) and accreditation scheme.

Information on how to complain or how to confirm that the certificate is genuine

The certificate will provide information on how to register a complaint about an unsatisfactory EPC and how to check the certificate is authentic.

The certificate is accompanied by a report which includes cost-effective recommendations to improve the energy ratings. For each improvement indicative paybacks are listed.

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