Do I need a Non-Domestic Energy Performance Certificate?
There are a number of situations when a Non-Domestic Energy Performance Certificate ( NDEPC) is not required for a commercial property.
Energy Performance Certificates are required for non-domestic commercial buildings on construction, sale or rent, starting with the largest buildings from 6 April 2008.
Implementation will start with buildings with a gross floor area over 10,000 m2 (measured from the internal faces of the external walls). This will be extended to buildings over 2,500 m2 on 1st July 2008, and nearly all non-domestic commercial buildings from 1st October 2008. The following types of building do not require an Energy Performance Certificate.
1. Places of worship
2. Stand-alone non-dwellings less than 50 m2
3. Temporary buildings with a planned life less than two years.
4. Industrial premises with low energy use where the space is mostly not
heated or cooled (such as process and heavy engineering
5. Workshops and stores with localised work-station conditioning
6. Some building modifications which result in the addition or removal of
building parts and the extension or introduction of heating, ventilation and air conditioning
(HVAC) services will also require an EPC.
The next step.
If you feel your building does not require a NDEPC please
contact me and I can arrange a site visit to confirm or advise you to the contrary.
Alternatively if the property does require a NDEPC please
contact me with the building specification, location, type of building, floor area, heating, cooling and ventilation systems and I will be happy to quote for a NDEPC
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