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Scheme Guidance and Updates

  • Domestic EPCs are Changing (RdSAP 10)

    Hopefully, all domestic energy assessors will by now be aware that the government are embarking upona programme of change for domestic energy assessments in England (the other administrations are also...

  • Retrofit Technical Issues and Best Practices

    Click here to view document: Technical Issues and Best Practices...

  • 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...