On Construction Energy Performance Certificate

It is now law to provide an On Construction Energy Performance Certificate EPC when the construction of a new building is completed.

As part of current Building Regulations, the builder or person responsible for the construction is required to provide an energy performance rating to building control and to potential owners. This also applies if the building is modified in such a way as to provide fewer or more units with changes made to the heating, ventilation or air conditioning services (HVAC).

Building Control will not issue a completion certificate until the On Construction EPC has been submitted. Buildings that are built to meet current building regulations save more energy, greater energy efficiency, emit less CO2 and have lower running costs.

The On Construction EPC is accompanied by a Recommendation Report which contains more advanced energy improvements such as the fitting of solar panels. This is because many energy saving and energy efficiency improvements have already been included in the design of the building.

Predicted energy assessments are a way of providing information about the energy performance and energy efficiency of a building before it has been built. This is simply the predicted energy rating, to check whether the building will meet energy saving targets and comply with current Building Regulations and should have been done at the design stage. PEA’s are not accompanied by recommendation reports.