Legal requirement
- Certification is a legal requirement if you are selling or leasing out your commercial property or have carried out any work which could affect its energy rating. Offices, warehouses, hotels, or buildings used for retail purposes are all examples of commercial buildings.
- Landlords or sellers must have an EPC produced before they put their property on the market or out to rent.
- An EPC is a report which grades a building’s energy efficiency on a scale of A – G for CO2 emissions, with ‘A’ being the most energy-efficient and ‘G’ being the least energy efficient.
Performance certificates
- Energy Performance Certificates are valid for 10 years and can be reused as required within that period.
- A new EPC is not required each time there is a change of tenancy, or the property is sold, provided it is no more than 10 years old. Where more than one is produced, the most recent EPC is the valid one.
- An Energy Performance Certificate must be displayed in commercial premises larger than 500m2 that are frequently visited by the public, and where one has previously been produced for the sale, construction or renting out of the building.
- Landlords and Property sellers must ensure that an EPC is in place for the building or part of the building being sold or let.
- Building constructors must provide the building owner with an EPC once the building is handed over.
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