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EPC Frequently Asked Questions

Bincy Jay — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:11:16 +0000

What is an EPC?

An EPC will allow buyers, tenants, owners, and purchasers to view information on the energy efficiency and carbon emissions from their building so they can consider energy efficiency and fuel costs as part of their investment.

When do I need an EPC?

As a general rule, an EPC is to be available every time a home is put up for sale or rent. So, a newly constructed home will have one, a landlord will need one to show potential tenants, and a seller must have one to show to potential buyers.

Which buildings are exempted from EPC?

These include:

Places of worship.
Temporary buildings that will be used for less than 2 years
Stand-alone buildings with total useful floor space of less than 50 square meters
Industrial sites, workshops and non-residential agricultural buildings that don’t use a lot of energy.
Some buildings that are due to be demolished.
Holiday accommodation that’s rented out for less than 4 months a year or is let under a license to occupy.
Listed buildings – you should get advice from your local authority conservation officer if the work would alter the building’s character.
Residential buildings intended to be used less than 4 months a year.

Am I legally obliged to carry out the recommendations before I Sell Or Rent?

Recommendations on an EPC are the ways to improve energy efficiency and in turn to reduce the energy bills. You are not legally obliged to do the recommendations before you sell a property.

But it is advisable to read how it affects while renting a property. And as a landlord from 2020 April 1st, you are legally obliged to make sure that the property has a valid EPC that is “E” or above.

What if I have a question about my EPC?

If you don’t understand something on your certificate or you disagree with it, the first place to go is the energy assessor that carried out the EPC.

Their details should be available in the ‘About this document’ section. But if they can’t resolve your issue, you can contact their accreditation scheme, and the details will also be available in the same section of the certificate.

What is the term "Assumed" on the certificates with the home's energy performance features?

An EPC survey is a “non-invasive survey”.

This means our assessors have to follow some conventions and guidelines and have to depend on the evidence that they could only collect from the property.

We depend on the building regulations of the built year of the property and it is the software that implies the term “assumed” on the certificate (based on built year) if we cant find evidence from the property.

The term assumed states that the assessor was not able to find the evidence of insulation and the representation on the certificate is on the built year regulations.

My Loft Conversion has got insulation. But it has been mentioned as "uninsulated assumed"?

An EPC survey is a “non-invasive survey”.

For loft conversions, we need to have planning permission or completion documents to enter the date of conversion to the EPC.

In cases where such documents are not available , we try to find those documents from the local planning permission web sites. But in cases, we end up with no result.

In such cases as per the conventions, we have to date the loft conversion to the built year of the property and software uses the regulations of built year on the certificate.

That is why it comes up uninsulated assumed based on the built year of the property.

The term assumed states that the assessor was not able to find the evidence of insulation and the representation on the certificate is on the built year regulations.

My Estate Agent has measured the property and has come up with a higher floor area than on the EPC?

The floor area displayed on the EPC is only the habitable area. For example, unheated porch, garage, separated conservatory, etc won’t be in the EPC calculation area.

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Domestic EPC Certificate Explained

Bincy Jay — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 13:37:02 +0000

Energy Performance Certificate Header.

This section of an EPC which is called an EPC header, displays the address, property type, and total floor area of the property. It also displays the report reference number which is commonly referred to as “RRN” by EPC assessors. An EPC is Valid for 10 years from the date of the certificate issued through the Gov register.

Energy Efficiency Rating of an EPC.

The graphical illustration on EPC indicates the energy efficiency rating for the property. The higher the figure in the ‘current’ column the more energy efficient the property is. The figure in the potential’ column is in direct relation to recommendations that appear later in the report.

Based on Current regulations all properties must be rated E or above to be rented unless an exception is registered.

Common facts about ratings

Summary of property Elements in an EPC.

Features of an EPC is on a scale of very poor (least efficient) to very good (most efficient). The rating appears automatically on an EPC by the software on the entries by the assessor, the higher the rating better the description of the element is.

Recommendations in an EPC.

Based on the information which has been input about each individual dwelling, the software will calculate suggestions for improving the energy efficiency, and these will be in the format as shown below:

Details of the Assessor and Accreditation Scheme in an EPC.

This part of the EPC gives full contact details of the Energy Assessor who carried out the assessment. Queries about the content of the EPC in the first instance should be to the DEA. The DEAs accreditation scheme details is also shown in this section.

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