Assessors in demand as deadline approaches
July 1st 2008 Low Carbon Energy Assessors
are reporting high volumes of
workload for energy
certificates, as demand increases
ahead of the 1st October deadline.
Since the legislation came into force
earlier this year, CIBSE Certification
has accredited over two thirds of all
the energy assessors. CIBSE Low
Carbon Energy Assessors (LCEAs)
are trained and accredited to
produce Energy Performance
Certificates (EPCs) and Display
Energy Certificates (DECs).
It is estimated that 40 000
buildings will require a DEC by
October and that a further 10 000
EPCs will be required every month
from October.
CIBSE says prospective clients
are turning to the CIBSE
Certification website to find energy
assessment service providers as it
has a wide choice of energy
assessors. "The rush to get DECs in
time for October is definitely in full
swing. There is never an enquiry for
just one DEC, there is always at
least a dozen and sometimes a few
hundred required," says accredited
LCEA Judy Ong, of Ecotag. "We
would encourage anyone who
thinks they will require DECs not to
delay in finding an assessor, in
order to get assessments
completed in good time."
From 1st July: those buildings
with a total useful floor area greater
than 2500m2 now require EPCs on
construction, sale or let.
From 1st October: All remaining
buildings will require EPCs on
construction, sale or let and all
public buildings over 1,000m2 will
require a DEC.
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