Category: MHCLG Guidance (Air Con)

The building owner or manager is responsible for ensuring there is an air conditioning inspection report for the central system and the building occupier is responsible for ensuring there is an air conditioning inspection report for the equipment they have installed. In this example each party controls less than 250kW and the first inspection must… Continue reading Control of equipment

Local Weights and Measures Authorities (usually Trading Standards Officers) are responsible for enforcing the requirements relating to air conditioning inspection reports. Failure to commission, keep, or provide an air conditioning inspection report when required by the regulations means that a penalty charge notice may be issued to those in breach of the requirements. Trading Standards… Continue reading Penalties for not having an air conditioning inspection report

An air conditioning inspection report must be produced by an accredited energy assessor. The energy assessor must make a copy of the air conditioning inspection report available to the building owner or manager, as soon as practicable after the inspection date, but only after the air conditioning inspection report has been lodged on the register.… Continue reading Checking the authenticity of an air conditioning inspection report or an energy assessor

The effective output of an individual air conditioning unit or system may be given on the rating plate attached to the unit. It may also be found in the operating and maintenance manual or on the manufacturer’s website. Alternatively, where the system is covered by a maintenance contract, the capacity should be known by the… Continue reading Where can I find information about the size of an air conditioning system?

The air conditioning inspection report must be kept in a safe place so that it can be used to inform subsequent inspections or passed to a new system owner or manager. The air conditioning inspection report should be kept with maintenance and/or other energy records, for example, in a building log book. Newer buildings may… Continue reading Am I required to keep the air conditioning inspection report?

Accreditation schemes (Annex A) are responsible for managing energy assessors and for quality-assuring air conditioning inspection reports produced by their energy assessors. Accreditation schemes must ensure that energy assessors are competent and possess the appropriate skills to conduct energy assessments. To become a member of an accreditation scheme, the energy assessor will need to:

An inspection of an air conditioning system must be carried out by an energy assessor who is a current member of an accreditation scheme. The energy assessor must make a copy of the air conditioning inspection report available to the building owner or manager, or to the person who controls the operation of the system, as soon… Continue reading Who can inspect air conditioning systems?

The person who controls the operation of the system is regarded as the person who controls the technical functioning of the system, not someone who does no more than adjust the temperature or whose only responsibility is to adjust the controls. The owner of the system will usually control the operation of the system even… Continue reading Who controls an air conditioning system?

The person who controls the operation of an air conditioning system must: If the control of an air conditioning system is passed to another person and that person has not been given an air conditioning inspection report by the previous operator of the system, the system must be inspected within three months of the new… Continue reading Who is responsible for ensuring an inspection is completed?

The air conditioning inspection report must include, but is not limited to, the following information: All air conditioning inspection reports produced on or after the 6 April 2012 must contain a valid reference number. This number can only be generated once the air conditioning inspection report has been lodged on the Energy Performance of Buildings… Continue reading What other information does the air conditioning inspection report contain?