Things You Must Know About Getting EPC Certificate

The energy performance certificate is an important requirement if you are selling, building, or renting a property. Energy will be the most important factor if you are looking forward to buying or renting a new property and will have a maximum financial impact. This is especially true if the energy costs go constantly going up. An  EPC Certificate (Energy Performance Certificate) helps in the evaluation of how much energy a home consumes. Read further to learn what the information an EPC gives is.

What is an EPC?

The energy performance certificate gives information on how energy efficient your home is. Electric appliances are also rated according to the energy efficiency they carry.  The rating of electrical appliances varies from G (red, 1-20, not energy efficient) to A (dark green, 92-100, highly energy-efficient). This rating tells us how much energy will be saved with every unit of electricity used by electrical equipment.

The EPC indicates the cost you incur to light and heat your property. And also the carbon-di-oxide your property emits.

The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards

MEES or minimum energy efficiency standards were enforced on 1st April 2018.  These established the standards for the new energy efficiency limits for private rented properties. The regulations embark on landlords to raise their standards of energy efficiency in their properties.

The landlords must make the improvements to bring the property to E rating with a maximum expenditure of a maximum of £3,500. If a property cannot be brought to the E level without spending more than £3,500, then the property owner can apply for an exemption.

Once the property earns a certificate, then it is placed in the EPC register in a process allowing for easy retrieval of certificates.

 How to get an EPC certificate?

The EPC register helps the homeowners to get find a registered domestic energy assessor that can conduct a review of their home. It also stores existing EPC certificates. It also helps anyone having the energy performance review to be undertaken for finding out if the hired inspector is duly accredited.

If a property has the energy performance certificate, it is placed in the EPC register allowing the easy retrieval of the certificates. Every EPC is valid for ten years from the date of issue.

How to proceed?

You must reach out to a registered domestic assessor in your area to get an energy performance certificate for your home.

Benefits of Getting an EPC certificate

An EPC certificate gives you much more benefit than simply informing you about the measures you should undertake, it also helps you to find the potential cost of upgrading the cost of lighting and heating and water.

To learn more about getting an EPC certificate, please reach out to the experts at Briary Energy.