Commercial Energy Assessments
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Non Domestic Energy Assessments
From 1 October 2008 all sellers and landlords were required by law to provide a Non Domestic (Commercial) Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) for all buildings or parts of buildings when they are sold or rented. Those carrying out the construction of a building will be required to provide an EPC to the owner also.
An Energy Performance Certificate gives prospective buyers or tenants information on the energy efficiency and carbon emissions of a building.
The certificate was phased in from 6 April 2008 when buildings sold, rented or built with a total floor area of more than 10,000sq m required one.
From 1 July 2008, this extended to buildings with a total floor area greater than 2,500 sq m. And from 1 October 2008 all remaining Commercial buildings required an EPC on sale or rental or upon construction.
An Energy Performance Certificate gives prospective buyers or tenants information on the energy efficiency and carbon emissions of a building.
The certificate was phased in from 6 April 2008 when buildings sold, rented or built with a total floor area of more than 10,000sq m required one.
From 1 July 2008, this extended to buildings with a total floor area greater than 2,500 sq m. And from 1 October 2008 all remaining Commercial buildings required an EPC on sale or rental or upon construction.
How do I get a Commercial Energy Assessment?
By law, EPCs can only be produced by an accredited Energy Assessor. The accreditation schemes protect builders, owners, landlords and tenants by making sure Energy Assessors have the appropriate skills to carry out energy assessments, and that EPCs are always of the same high quality.
You can find an accredited Energy Assessor at www.ndEPCregister.com, or by contacting an accreditation scheme on the Communities and Local Government website. An agent may also help you locate an assessor.
The energy assessor will need to understand the internal layout of the building, how it has been constructed, what it is designed to be used for, the services and lighting and controls used. This is to understand the energy demands of each individual space (zone) in accordance with its designed use.
This information is fed into a Government approved software package which will produce your EPC. At the same time recommendations will be produced by the software and reviewed by the assessor with their knowledge of your building to produce a recommendations report to accompany your certificate.
All EPCs must be registered and stored in the national register at www.ndEPCregister.com. with a unique reference number. This must be done by the Energy Assessor in conjunction with their accreditation scheme.
You can find an accredited Energy Assessor at www.ndEPCregister.com, or by contacting an accreditation scheme on the Communities and Local Government website. An agent may also help you locate an assessor.
The energy assessor will need to understand the internal layout of the building, how it has been constructed, what it is designed to be used for, the services and lighting and controls used. This is to understand the energy demands of each individual space (zone) in accordance with its designed use.
This information is fed into a Government approved software package which will produce your EPC. At the same time recommendations will be produced by the software and reviewed by the assessor with their knowledge of your building to produce a recommendations report to accompany your certificate.
All EPCs must be registered and stored in the national register at www.ndEPCregister.com. with a unique reference number. This must be done by the Energy Assessor in conjunction with their accreditation scheme.
What happens if you don't have one?
The penalty for failing to make an EPC available to any prospective buyer or tenant when selling or letting non-dwellings is fixed, in most cases, at 12.5% of the rateable value of the building, subject to a minimum penalty of £500 and a maximum of £5,000. There is a default penalty of £750 where the formula cannot be applied. A formula is used as the costs of producing an EPC for nondwellings are expected to vary according to the size, complexity and use of the building. The EPC will still be required.
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