PART 3Display Energy Certificates
Duties relating to display energy certificates and recommendation reports14
1
This regulation applies on and after the specified date to buildings occupied by public authorities and frequently visited by the public.
2
In this regulation the specified date is—
a
for buildings with a total useful floor area of over 500m², 9th January 2013; and
b
for buildings with a total useful floor area of between 250m² and less than 500m², 9th July 2015.
3
Every occupier of a building to which this regulation applies must—
a
have in its possession or control at all times a valid recommendation report relating to the building unless there is no reasonable potential for energy performance improvements compared to the energy performance requirements in force; and
b
display at all times a valid display energy certificate in a prominent place clearly visible to members of the public who visit the building.
4
A display energy certificate for a building to which this regulation applies is valid for the following period—
a
12 months beginning with the nominated date where the total useful floor area of the building is over 1,000m²; or
b
10 years beginning with the nominated date in the case of any other building.
Display energy certificates15
A display energy certificate must—
a
subject to regulation 16, express the operational rating of the building in a way approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 24 of the Building Regulations 2010;
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 set of data from which the certificate may be produced has been entered onto the register in accordance with regulation 27;
ii
the address of the building;
iii
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.
Change of occupier16
Regulation 15(a) does not apply in relation to a display energy certificate which is displayed by an occupier of a building at any time before that occupier has been in occupation of the building for 15 months.