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Energy Performance Certificates Bite

As anticipated in our news article of October 2007 Energy Performance Certificates EPC's have now started to have an impact on the property market.

EPC's are now a requirement for most buildings when they are first built, altered, sold or the tenant changes and will become more so into the autumn when the phased introduction is complete.

Despite a high profile being given to the need for EPC's it seems to have caught the industry cold with a lack of accredited assessors and confusion between clients and contractors as to who should provide the certificate.

From the Autumn Building regulation Compliance cannot be certified for the majority of schemes without the EPC being in place. So…….

To ensure your scheme not only achieves Building Regulation Compliance but achieves a Commercial rating that clients expect Good Design Decision are essential from the preliminary stages of the design.

Find out more www.communities.gov.uk

Posted on:
12.08.2008