Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)

Social Housing Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) will be required for all Local Authority and private landlords buildings in England and Wales from October 2008.

Reconnaissance is able to offer EPCs to our Local Authority and Social Landlords at an extremely competitive rate. Contact Nikki Mcknight for further details.

A grant is available through the UK Housing Association to assist with funding for energy improvements to buildings. Currently grants are awarded up to 50% of the total cost including VAT.

Energy assessment of properties will permit the use of “cloned EPC’s” – see below for definition, The Assessor will issue an EPC Energy Performance Certificate in the same way as per domestic certificates.

Cloned EPC

An Energy Assessor can issue this type of certificate when the following conditions are met, where the property has not been individually assessed but is considered the same as, or similar to other housing units in a block. e.g. multiple flats in a block of same dimensions, construction and heating. Thus, surveying one or two properties can provide a representative sample of all units in a block.

Surveys of premises that require cloned EPCs usually have a discounted price for surveying services who carry out the assessment. This is due to the fact that the Energy Assessor requires entry to one or two dwellings in the block. The remaining EPC ratings can be calculated using the information gathered from the initial energy surveys.

We are able to offer the following benefits to anyone requiring an EPC:

• Competitive pricing and contracted volume discounts
• Online ordering system with full instruction, job management and billing information
• One point of contact for instruction, queries and billing via a dedicated Account Manager
• Site notes are stored on our secure online database if you have a query about a completed EPC we can send you the site notes for further explanation
• Fully automated instruction software which enables us to deliver EPCs within 24 – 72 working hours, unless we encounter access problems.