We have entered most of the Non Domestic Conventions into this knowledgebase to allow you to search and answer any questions that you have as quickly as possible. Some of the conventions could not be ...
To be included in any EPC calculation the on-site renewable (OSR) electricity generation must be connectedto the electrical installation on the consumer side of the primary supply meter serving the bu...
Refer to assessment level decision flowchart and notes – (Issue 1 1st June 2010) amended in issue 2....
The energy assessor shall only use the default values within the Software Tool in the absence of anyconventions identified within this document or more specific information on the building. Where a de...
The SBEM default value of 25 m3/hr m-2 for all existing buildings shall be amended as follows: • Less than 10 m3/hr m-2 – only with an accredited air pressure test result • 10 m3/hr m-2 – buildings > ...
For EPCs in England select the weather location closest to the subject address using the Excel lookup file –based on the Postcode Area (the initial 1 or 2 letters in the first part of the postcode).Fo...
The Energy Assessor is not responsible for establishing the official authorised Planning Use Class of aparticular building. However, if Assessors are provided with the authorised Planning Use Class fr...
Documentary evidence provided by the client’s design team upon which the Energy assessor is relying toproduce an EPC shall be the ‘As Built’ documentation only. Suitable evidence will include, but not...
Potential Types of Acceptable Documentary Evidence (not exhaustive) • Building Control sign-off sheets • Technical design information • Manufacturer’s technical data sheets • Calculations from an accr...
Due to the complexity of sub dividing large buildings into functional areas requiring an EPC, it is difficult to becompletely prescriptive about how to format the information that constitutes sub addr...