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The Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012

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Energy performance certificates

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9.—(1) An energy performance certificate entered on the register on or after 9th January 2013 must—

(a)express the asset rating of the building in a way approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 24 of the Building Regulations 2010(1);

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

(c)be issued by an energy assessor who is accredited to produce energy performance certificates for the category of building to which the certificate relates;

(d)include a recommendation report(2) unless there is no reasonable potential for energy performance improvements compared to the energy performance requirements in force;

(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)an estimate of the total useful floor area of the building; and

(iv)the date on which it was issued; and

(f)be valid in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) An energy performance certificate is only valid for the purposes of this Part if—

(a)it was entered on the register no more than 10 years before the date on which it is made available; and

(b)no other energy performance certificate for the building has since been entered on the register.

(3) An energy performance certificate must not contain any information or data (except for the address of the building) from which a living individual (other than the energy assessor or his employer) can be identified.

(4) Certification for building units on or after 9th January 2013 may be based—

(a)for a non-residential building, on a common certification of the whole building for blocks with a common heating system; or

(b)on the assessment of another representative apartment or unit in the same block..

(5) Certification on or after 9th January 2013 for a building which consists of a single dwelling may be based on the assessment of another representative building of similar design and size with a similar actual energy performance quality if such correspondence is guaranteed by the energy assessor issuing the energy performance certificate.

(2)

“Recommendation report” is defined in regulation 4.

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