How it is possible to save money with an epc
Commercial Energy Performance Certificates still seem to be wildly mis-understood, many people see these as an unnecessary expense when it comes to selling or leasing a commercial property and we would be the first to admit that there is an expense involved – but that expense is one that can lead to considerable savings.
The Energy Performance Certificate provides a rating for the property as it currently stands, it is an assessment of the heating and ventilation systems, the building fabric, glazing, lighting and source of energy. The building is then zoned as each room will have a different function and as a result of this the heating and lighting it uses will be different for each room / area.
For example a warehouse will have a markedly different construction from an office block, the warehouse will have large vehicle doors compared to the personnel doors found in most offices. The heating for each in these areas will be different, you don’t normally find huge space heaters hanging from the ceilings of offices as you would in a warehouse. So you might expect that the warehouse was less energy efficient and that the heating bills were going to be substantially more however this is not necessarily so.
How many times have you visited offices only to find that the heating is on and the windows wide open, not only is this adding to greenhouse gases by needlessly wasting fuel but the tenant/ landlords heating costs will be spiralling upwards, especially with the cost of fuel today.
In this example it might be that the installation of thermostatic radiator valves would keep the room temperature at a comfortable level – and these can be bought and fitted relatively cheaply making long term savings that far outweigh the cost of a commercial property energy certificate.
The energy assessment of a building identifies these obvious and less obvious potential savings and this is where landlords and tenants can save money and if it saves money then that surely has to be a good thing.
Telephone our offices today on 0870 770 8747 to see how an energy performance certificate from CEAUK may be able to help save you costs and probably not cost as much as you think.
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