We are still open for business and in the last few weeks, we have been doing a lot of work carrying out overheating assessments for new buildings. Our typical week would involve a mixture of visits to buildings to carry out assessments and then desk based work for the analysis…
You may not be aware but ESOS phase 2 arrives this year. Reporting under ESOS was first required in December 2015 but with a qualification date for businesses set at 31 December 2014. The scheme requires medium sized business, with turnover of €50m (currently £44.15m) and over, or those with…
A couple of weeks ago, we were approached by a property owner looking for a commercial energy assessor in Exeter. Since then, we have been busy working in and around Exeter carrying out EPCs for this client. The landlord contacted Up Energy, via his commercial estate agent, to seek our…
So the UK has decided it would prefer not to be in the EU and the process of exiting via the rules contained within Article 50 will no doubt begin. What does this mean for the future of Energy Performance Certificates? A bit of background information first. The EPBD (Energy…
Non-domestic EPCs came in to force on 1 October 2008. Up Energy had qualified Level 3 EPC Energy Assessors from day one and within a couple of months, had added the Level 4 EPC qualification. I am delighted to say that we now are Level 5 EPC assessors. Non-domestic EPCs…
It’s only another 47 days until the first ESOS compliance deadline arrives. It is probably no surprise that ESOS submissions so far have been very few and far between but is that because not all relevant businesses know about their responsibilities or maybe because companies assume that enforcement will be…
I’ve read a few articles mentioning ESOS assessments and the associated fees and also discussed the matter during my ESOS Lead Energy Assessor training. One source suggests prices in the range of £5,000 to £25,000 for most businesses and upwards of £50,000 for large manufacturing businesses. I do agree that the…
We’re delighted to have ended October by completing a job meaning we have now done one thousandth non-domestic EPCs. Without rifling through all our previous reports, I imagine the smallest building assessed for an EPC was a one room office of about 25 sq m, somewhere in Dorset, though I…
If you are applying for Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) payments for a domestic property, then you will need an EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) and a Green Deal Assessment carried out on the property. To qualify for RHI payments, the property will need to have 250mm or more of loft insulation…
After undertaking our first ever non-domestic EPC, a pub in Devon, using the basic iSBEM EPC software, both of us soon transitioned to Design Builder. This software is way more advanced and allows for three dimensional building modelling and more advanced thermal modelling calculations. After six years of using Design…
April was a quieter month for us, mostly because of Easter and all those Bank Holidays! One thing that has kept us busy though is doing U value calculations. We are currently working with Green Deal Providers and cavity wall insulation installers to undertake before and after U value calculations…
Building Regulations are changing with the latest 2013 version coming into force on 6 April 2014. Meeting CO2 emissions targets will become tougher and these amendments will apply to both domestic and non-domestic new buildings. The key points: – Domestic dwellings will be subject to a 6% reduction in emissions…
At Up Energy, we often get asked what is an EPC so we thought we would write a (relatively) brief guide to explain them. What is an EPC? EPC stands for Energy Performance Certificate. The Department for Communities and Local Government suggest that buildings and the way in which we…