Current legislation now means that sellers and landlords of most Residential and Commercial properties that are available either for sale or to rent must provide an Energy Performance Certificate (commonly referred to as an EPC) when the property is marketed.
What is an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)?
An Energy Performance Certificate or EPC is broadly similar to the labels commonly provided on domestic appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines. An Energy Performance Certificate is essentially an asset rating for the theoretical building's energy use and impact on the environment.
An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) uses a standardised method and assumption about energy usage, so that buildings of the same type can be compared for energy efficiency. This allows prospective buyers, tenants, owners and occupiers to see information on the energy efficiency and carbon emissions from their building.
Our Domestic Energy Assessor and Commercial Energy Assessors at Harwoods have been providing Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) within Wellingborough, Kettering, Northampton and most areas of Northamptonshire for several years. We can provide both Domestic Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and Commercial Energy Performance Certificates (Commercial EPCs)
Domestic Energy Performance Certificates (Domestic EPCs)
Whether you are in Wellingborough, Kettering, Northampton or any of the surrounding Northamptonshire villages our Domestic Energy Assessor will be happy to supply your Energy Performance Certificate (EPC).
Our Domestic Energy Assessor would need to visit your property and will be looking at the construction type of external walls and floors, the construction dates of the original building (and any extensions), the type of windows you have, how your home is heated, how your hot water is supplied, what type of lighting is used and the nature of any insulation to walls, floors and roofs.
An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) inspection typically takes approx ¾ hour to 1 hour depending on the complexity of the property. Please telephone Harwoods on 01933 441464 for a specific quote.
Non-domestic Energy Performance Certificates (Commercial EPCs)
Our Commercial Energy Assessor can provide non-domestic Energy Performance Certificates (commonly called a commercial EPC) throughout Wellingborough, Kettering, Northampton, Corby, Bedford, Peterborough and similar areas. The information our Energy Assessor will require to provide your Energy Performance Certificate relates to the building as a whole together with an understanding of any specific zones or individual spaces (such as retail areas, office space, storage space, kitchens, operations rooms etc). To complete the Energy Performance Certificate our assessor will also need the dimensions of the building as a whole together with a breakdown of the dimensions of the individual zones.
Additional information that our Commercial EPC assessor will need will include the heating and ventilation services for each zone, lightings and controls used in each zone, the materials used to construct the building and any information on the thermal efficiency of those materials such as the roof, walls, windows, doors and wall insulation.
Any plans of the building, if available, are a great help to our Commercial Energy Assessor. If there are no plans we may need to survey the building and gather information which may add to the overall cost. Any records that relate to the original construction of the building together with any subsequent modifications would also be very helpful.
Due to the complexity of commercial buildings a Commercial Energy Performance Certificate assessment can take several hours. Please telephone Mark Brookes, our Commercial Energy Assessor, on 01933 441464 for a specific quote.
