Category: Scheme Guidance

Hopefully, all domestic energy assessors will by now be aware that the government are embarking upona programme of change for domestic energy assessments in England (the other administrations are alsodeveloping their own similar plans).These changes are intended to: To achieve this, there are a number of initiatives underway, and changes planned that will affect allenergy… Continue reading Domestic EPCs are Changing (RdSAP 10)

HMO  The Housing Act 2004 introduced licensing for houses in multiple occupation (HMO). The Act provides a detailed definition of HMOs and sets out standards of management of this type of property. Under the Act, Local Authorities are able to “licence” HMO is two different ways, “mandatory licensing” and “additional licensing”. Mandatory licensing is for… Continue reading Scheme Guidance – Houses of Multiple Occupancy

This guidance will explain the differences between the methodologies and help you decide which is appropriate for an energy assessment on a domestic property. SAP The SAP methodology is used to assess newly built and newly converted dwellings in order to demonstrate that they comply with the requirements of Building Regulations. In Scotland, a dwelling… Continue reading Scheme Guidance – The Appropriate use of SAP and RdSAP

Prior to the introduction of the regulations requiring the inspection of air conditioning systems with an effective rated output of over 12kW the Government produced an impact assessment on the number of buildings that would need to be inspected as part of the 5 year cycle. The assessment identified that in the period 1993 to… Continue reading Solving noncompliance within Air Conditioning Inspections