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SAP
Energy Assessment training is applicable to the construction of New
Build dwellings, SAP Assessors are used to calculate energy ratings
of these types of buildings. For further information refer to SAP
Training and also Sap Assessors.
New
Build Homes & Off Plan Property Developments
From 6 April 2008 it will be law to provide an Energy Performance Certificate
(EPC) for all new and newly built homes that are completed after that
date. If you are a builder, you will most likely be working to the Building Regulations that were revised in 2002 and amended in 2006. As part of this you will be providing an energy rating to building control for your new homes using
SAP
(Standard Assessment
Procedure). For all homes that are physically completed on or after 6 April 2008, there will be a requirement to provide an EPC to the owner, with evidence shown to Building Control.
If you do any building work to a home which creates (or combines) a separate dwelling* that has heating, hot water or air conditioning, then you will need to provide an EPC for the home(s).
When you finish your building work, Building Control ask you to submit a notice which includes an energy rating to demonstrate your building complies with the Building Regulations. By the same date on the notice, you must get an EPC from an accredited
On Construction Energy
Assessor, give the EPC to the owner of the building and tell building control that this has been done.
This is what you have to do under the Building Regulations, Approved Inspector Regulations and the Energy Performance of Buildings Regulations, and Building Control will not give you a final completion certificate until they are sure that everything has been done.
If the completed home is being advertised for sale, the EPC is available to include in a Home Information Pack for potential buyers, for the next 12 months.
*A separate dwelling is one which is suitable for separate occupation by an independent household and may have its own
front door and its own cooking and washing facilities. Applies to work under 2006 Building Regulations.
Source DCLG.
Providing information about energy for homes that have not been built yet (off-plan sales)
If you are selling a home before it has been built, you will need to provide information about energy efficiency in a Predicted Energy Assessment (PEA). This is simply the predicted SAP and Environmental Impact (CO2) rating from the
SAP
calculations you do at the design stage, to check whether you will meet
energy saving targets. You can use a spreadsheet template to create the graphics from the SAP rating. There is no need for PEAs to be produced by an accredited On Construction Energy Assessor and they do not need to have a Recommendation Report.
If the home is completed on or after 6 April 2008, you will need to give the owner a full EPC and Recommendation Report once the property is completed.
By law, Energy Performance Certificates can only be produced by an accredited
On Construction Energy
Assessor.* People who are currently doing SAP calculations to show that they meet Target Emission Rates as part of Building Regulations will need to join an accreditation scheme before they can produce EPCs.
An On Construction Energy Assessor will not need to visit the property to produce an EPC. The EPC will be the result
of the As Built check which is an extension of the SAP calculation needed for Building Control.
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Information
& Advice for
those considering training for the SBEM
Training Program for non-dwellings.
New
Build Commercial Property will be assessed using SBEM if required, to determine
the energy consumption of a building. This program is mainly used
for larger commercial buildings of complex design.
A listing of SBEM
Consultants for England and Wales has been compiled to assist
building designers in the location of local consultants that can
provide energy calculation services.
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General
Information
& Advice for Commercial EPC's can be found at Commercial
Energy Performance Certificates EPC.
EPCC
- Energy Ratings Consultants for EPC
Commercial Buildings - Consultants for SAP,
SBEM & PEA
Energy Assessments Commercial
Energy Assessments SBEM
- Consultants for Commercial Buildings, New
Build EPC - Energy ratings for new homes and dwellings and Predictive
Energy Assessment - PEA
Energy Ratings. Nationwide service for most assessments for
commercial property EPC and Public Buildings (Display Energy
Certificates (DEC) Commercial
Energy Assessors at www.epcscommercial.co.uk
General
Information
& Advice for air conditioning systems inspection can be found at
Commercial
Air Conditioning Inspectors.
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