Legislation

Energy Performance of Buildings Directive

• Display Energy Performance Certificates - Public Sector - Before October 2008

  energyTEAM engineers are accredited Low Carbon Consultants and Energy Assessors via the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) to issue Display Energy Certificates and associated Advisory Reports for Public Authorities.

• Energy Performance Certificates - Non Domestic - Commercial Sector - From April 2008 onwards

  energyTEAM engineers will issue Energy Performance Certificates and Advisory Reports for vendors of commercial property that require them to complete any lease, rent or sale transactions.

• Air Conditioning Inspections - Before January 2009

  energyTEAM engineers will issue inspection certificate for customers that require them. Air conditioning systems of 250kW and above need an inspection by a qualified assessor BEFORE January 2009 and regularly thereafter with a maximum period between inspections of five years.

  From January 2011 this will be extended to include air conditioning systems of 12kW and above.

Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) - January 2010

The government is targeting non-energy intensive large commercial organisations and the public sector. It is a mandatory emissions trading scheme. Participants will be required to purchase carbon allowances equivalent to their emissions. There will be league tables published showing the relative performance of the participants.

• Does this legislation affect your organisation?

  Total the amount of half hourly metered electricity used in 2008 across all of your UK sites. From this figure deduct the amount of half hourly metered electricity consumption on any sites with a Climate Change Levy discount of 25% or greater and or the consumption on any sites that are part of the European Emissions Trading Scheme.

  If the result is still greater than 6 Million kWh then you will be affected by this legislation.

• CRC management services

  energyTEAM engineers will help you understand the implications of CRC and guide you through what your organisation will have to do with regard to measuring, monitoring and reporting energy consumption, purchase and redemption of carbon allowances and implementation of measures to improve your performance in the league tables.