PART 3Display Energy Certificates

Display energy certificates17.

(1)

A display energy certificate must—

(a)

subject to regulation 18, express—

(i)

the operational rating; and

(ii)

the asset rating,

of the building in ways approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 17A of the Building Regulations 2000;

(b)

show the operational ratings for the building which were expressed in any certificates displayed by the occupier during the two years before the nominated date;

(c)

include a reference value such as a current legal standard or benchmark;

(d)

be issued by an energy assessor who is accredited to produce display energy certificates for that category of building;

(e)

include the following information—

(i)

the reference number under which the certificate has been registered in accordance with regulation 31;

(ii)

the address of the building;

(iii)

an estimate of the total useful floor area of the building;

(iv)

the name of the energy assessor who issued it;

(v)

the name and address of the energy assessor’s employer, or, if he is self-employed, the name under which he trades and his address;

(vi)

the date on which it was issued;

(vii)

the nominated date; and

(viii)

the name of the approved accreditation scheme of which the energy assessor is a member.