Energy Performance Certificate - Why Is It Required?

By Author: Kirthy Shetty
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Maximise the energy rating of your home and, save your money. Energy performance certificate helps you determine how energy efficient is your building. It is required for all kinds of construction, sale or rent of your buildings other than dwellings, with a floor area of 10,000m² or greater than this. EPC lets you know about your house's fuel emissions and any recommendations made by the accredited energy assessors, will help you carry out modifications to reduce fuel emissions. You will also be able to sell your house at a higher price if you have a good energy rating, that is A to B. If not you can do some changes and improve its energy efficiency. It is said by experts that the easiest change you can make is replace the current lightings with all energy saving bulbs and lights. Make use of solar energy to heat up your water, which is environment friendly and saves on electricity too.

You get to know what is the rating of your house on a scale of A-G. A is considered the most efficient and G, obviously shows lower energy efficiency. The same rating will also enable house owners or landlords to find out what kind ...
... of impact the building has on the environment due to the fuel emissions. Therefore, any changes carried out by the land lord, will bring about changes in the environment too. If a building is rated well, then, it means that it has less impact. The carbon- di- oxide emissions is of a lower level.

EPC being a part of Home information pack, is a vital document added. If a landlord is planning to sell his house or commercial building, he has to obtain this performance certificate. As it is a part of Home information pack, it is compulsory for sale of all kinds of houses or flats.

Improve energy efficiency and offer a better deal to the prospective client or purchaser. Make your house more interesting and lucrative proposal to a potential purchaser. For this you should aim at receiving an A rating for your house. Reduce the carbon di oxide emission of your building. Work up on certain areas in order to get an A rating for your house. An accredited energy assessor will provide you Epc certificate. Work up on nine areas which have individual rating.

1. Windows
2. Walls
3. Floor
4. Main heating
5. Main heating controls
6. Secondary heating
7. Roof
8. Lightings
9. Hot water

These individual ratings are provided based on the impact it has on the environment and its energy efficiency.

Kirthy Shetty, Platinum Author. Information on EPC certification: EPC CertificateLandlord energy performance certificate enquiries at: EPC Landlords