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Issue Summary: Clarification on the use of non-utility meters Convention: This convention applies to both primary meters and sub meters. Only permanent meters (as referred to within DCLG guidance) may...
Issue Summary: Where the current year EA believes the previous year DEC was inaccurate. Speed up the resolution of such situations, or what an EA/Accreditation Scheme (Scheme) does during the resoluti...
Issue Summary: Accuracy of floor area is critical to the accuracy of a DEC. There are a variety of possible sources of floor area information available to EAs; however, the EA has a duty to ensure tha...
If there have been changes to the total useful floor area during the measurement period, the total useful floor area at the end of the measurement period must be used for the purposes of the DEC asses...
For biomass fuels, the calorific value (CV) should be obtained from the fuel provider. Only where CV values cannot be obtained from the fuel provider can the following convention be used to produce a ...
Due to the complexity of sub dividing large buildings into functional areas requiring a DEC, it is difficult to be completely prescriptive about how to format the information that constitutes sub addr...
The OR should reflect as accurately as possible the energy used by the building for all the activities directly related to the operation of the building compared to a building typical of its type. If ...
For a dry sports and leisure facility that includes an indoor heated swimming pool and/or mechanical cooling (for dehumidification) in the pool hall, the swimming pool area, associated wet changing an...