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If you are selling or letting a house, an Energy Performance Certificate is a legal requirement. The certificate records how energy efficient a property is as a building and provides an A-G rating. The ratings are similar to labels
now found on electric domestic appliances such as fridges and cookers.
An Energy Performance Certificate is required for all homes whenever built as new, rented or sold.
The top right hand picture illustrates the main heat loss areas that an assessment for an EPC will record and make appropriate recommendations for improvement. Red indicates the main heat loss areas; the roof and windows through to yellow for the walls and then blue for the outside. This property indicates that there is no insulation in the roof space and walls and that there is no double glazing to the windows. Whereas the picture underneath Illustrates a well insulated house - the roof, walls and windows. An assessment for the EPC together with the details of the construction of the property will also record details of the heating, hot water and lighting. Recommendations will also be made to make improvements to these if required.
Non-insulated house
Well insulated house
The Energy Performance Certificate
The EPC provides a rating for a building showing it's own energy efficiencyand the environmental impact.The ratings are just like the labelling found on appliances such as fridges and cookers and are standard, sotheenergyefficiencyofonebuildingcan easily be compared with another similar building. Thecertificatewillmakerecommendations on how to improve the energy efficiency of the building by wayof both low and high cost measures.
The energy efficiency rating is a measure of a home's overall efficiency. The higher the rating the more energy-efficient the home is , and the lower the fuel bills are likely to be.
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