PART 6Energy Efficiency Requirements
Interpretation of Part 635
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In this Part—
“building” means the building as a whole or parts of it that have been designed or altered to be used separately;
F1“building envelope” in relation to a building means the walls, floor, roof, windows, doors, roof windows and roof-lights;
“Crown authority” means the Crown Estate Commissioners, a Minister of the Crown, a government department, any other person or body whose functions are performed on behalf of the Crown (not being a person whose functions are performed on behalf of Her Majesty in her private capacity), or a person acting in right of the Duchy of Lancaster or the Duchy of Cornwall;
“Crown interest” means an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown, or belonging to a Government Department, or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department;
“Crown building” means a building in which there is a Crown interest or a Duchy interest;
“Duchy interest” means an interest belonging to her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster, or belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall;
“energy assessor” means an individual who is a member of an accreditation scheme approved by the Secretary of State in accordance with regulation 30; F2...
F3“major renovation” means the renovation of a building where more than 25% of the surface area of the building envelope undergoes renovation; and
“nearly zero-energy building” means a building that has a very high energy performance, as determined in accordance with a methodology approved under regulation 24, where the nearly zero or very low amount of energy required should be covered to a very significant extent by energy from renewable sources, including energy from renewable sources produced on-site or nearby.
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In this Part a reference to “energy assessment” includes a reference to—
a
the preparation and issuing of energy performance certificates;
b
the preparation and issuing of recommendation reports; and
c
the carrying out of any inspections undertaken for the purposes of preparing energy performance certificates or recommendation reports.