Who can inspect air conditioning systems?

An inspection of an air conditioning system must be carried out by an energy assessor who is a current member of an accreditation scheme. The energy assessor must make a copy of the air conditioning inspection report available to the building owner or manager, or to the person who controls the operation of the system, as soon as practicable after the inspection date, but only after the air conditioning inspection report is entered on the register. Only air conditioning inspection reports which have been produced and lodged on the register by accredited energy assessors are valid reports.

In certain circumstances, data gatherers, working under the supervision of the energy assessor, enable the energy assessor to produce the air conditioning inspection reports for larger and sometimes more complex buildings and portfolios of buildings. Data gatherers must have a contractual relationship with an energy assessor, or the company employing the energy assessor, to provide professional assistance to gather the information needed to carry out an energy assessment of a building for the purpose of issuing an air conditioning inspection report. The energy assessor must be able to verify the data and supervise how and by whom it is collected. For the purposes of effective quality control and assurance, the energy assessor must not sanction any practice that is contrary to the quality of the air conditioning inspection report. MHCLG has provided accreditation schemes with guidance on this issue.