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Scheme Guidance and Updates

  • Updated Guidance on Air Conditioning Systems

    The following guidance is for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Defining an Air Conditioning System Legislation states: 17 (2): Where the relevant person has the power to control the temperature of...

  • ND EPC Lighting Recommendations

    In recent years, legislation has been introduced to phase out the use of a number of forms of low efficiency lighting. In addition to restrictions on tungsten and halogen lighting systems that have no...

  • Requirements for DEC site visits

    There has long been some confusion as to exactly when a site visit is required to complete a Display Energy Certificate (DEC) assessment or Recommendation Report (RR). Much of this has arisen from the...

  • Non Domestic EPC Recommendations

    Updated guidance has been issued to Accreditation Schemes by DLUCH via the Conventions Group relating to the recommendations on Non-Domestic EPCs. Accreditation Schemes have been requested to pass thi...

  • Scheme Guidance - Houses of Multiple Occupancy

    HMO  The Housing Act 2004 introduced licensing for houses in multiple occupation (HMO). The Act provides a detailed definition of HMOs and sets out standards of management of this type of property. Un...

  • Scheme Guidance – The Appropriate use of SAP and RdSAP

    This guidance will explain the differences between the methodologies and help you decide which is appropriate for an energy assessment on a domestic property. SAP The SAP methodology is used to assess...