Energy Performance Certificate

economiser

Can anyone tell me where I can find out what information the HIP assessors use and how the information is used to produce an energy performance certificate? I would like to be able to check the calculations the assessor does and how the assessment is made. Are the calculations done manually or is it software based? Is this information available or is it a deadly serious secret?

alanobrien

There is a sample energy certificate here which gives an idea of what is in it


http://www.communities.gov.uk/pub/761/EnergyPerformanceCertificateSample_id1500761.pdf

economiser

Thanks Alan. I had seen this and their are one or two others but they don't enable you to do the calculations yourself. I know the assessors have to go on a course but what they are doing is essentially ticking boxes and awarding points. Why are these things always made so mystical (rhetorical question)?

alanobrien

economiser wrote: »

Thanks Alan. I had seen this and their are one or two others but they don't enable you to do the calculations yourself. I know the assessors have to go on a course but what they are doing is essentially ticking boxes and awarding points. Why are these things always made so mystical (rhetorical question)?

So they can charge through the nose for it i suspect.
Interested in this myself, i will continue looking around and let you know if i find anything more interesting.

alanobrien

This is worth a look

http://www.ncm.bre.co.uk/

It gives some detail on the national calculation methods and you can even download some software (access database)

03022242

hi the software they use is an rdsap, obviously it isnt made for the general public, and is costly

economiser

I think there may be some confusion between the methods required to calculate compliance with L1 and the calculations for EPC. The former is certainly software based and expensive but the latter is I am sure a lot simpler as many of the EPC assessors will not have the resources to use sophisticated software. I am making some enquiries through some old contacts and will post anything I find.

economiser

Thanks for the lead on rdsap 03022242. I have found a document that lists the questions the assessor goes through but does not give the scores. I have been told there is a spreadsheet somewhere that enables the total score to be established. Still looking for this. There is also commercial software but that would obviously cost.

ahll

economiser can you give a link to the document you found listing the questions the assessor goes though...Thanks

Does anyone know if it is expensive to go on one of these courses and if members of the general public can go on them and get trained up ?

alanobrien

I saw one so far, cost was around 3k more info here;

http://www.learndirect-advice.co.uk/helpwithyourcareer/jobprofiles/profiles/profile1426/

03022242

i was looking in to doing the course but i will hang on for now.. stand back and watch how it turns out for the next few months,