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See also Air
Conditioning Energy Assessors for information relating to standards
and training.
Further
information about air conditioning systems and boiler inspection for
energy ratings as part of the Energy Performance certificate and a listing
of existing maintenance and repair engineers is available at: Air
Conditioning Inspectors - Air Conditioners Engineers & HVAC Inspection
. The companies listed can assist in ensuring that your existing equipment
is running in an energy efficient manner, which will help to maximise the
potential energy rating for buildings using air conditioning systems.
Direct links to services are provided below.
Inspection services for air conditioning systems. Careful maintenance of
controls for existing systems can improve energy efficiency and provide an
improved energy rating for buildings that have such equipment.
Ensure that your system is energy efficient, conduct regular maintenance
and repair, and if necessary upgrade existing systems to maintain
efficiency, by doing so, energy bills will be lower and your EPC
energy rating will be higher. Property managers refer to Business
Energy Saving Measures to reduce overheads and improve your buildings
energy rating.
Inspection of air-conditioning systems
Air-conditioning systems with an effective rated output of more than 12kW
Where the relevant person has the power to control the temperature of more than one individual air-conditioning unit in a building, each unit shall be considered to be a component of a single air-conditioning system.
“effective rated output” means the maximum calorific output specified and guaranteed by the manufacturer of the system as being deliverable during continuous operation while complying with the useful efficiency indicated by the manufacturer.
Inspections of air-conditioning systems
It is the duty of the relevant person in relation to an air-conditioning system to which this Part applies to ensure that the system is inspected by an energy assessor at regular intervals not exceeding five years.
The first inspection of the system must take place before the relevant date.
(a) where the system is first put into service on or after 1st January 2008, means the last day of the period of five years beginning with the date on which the system is first put into service; and
(b) where paragraph (a) does not apply:
(i) in the case of a system with an effective rated output of more than 250kW, means 4th January 2009; or
(ii) in the case of a system with an effective rated output of more than 12kW, means 4th January 2011.
Where an energy assessor undertakes an inspection of the system they must make a written report of the inspection and give it to the relevant person as soon as practicable after completing the inspection.
The inspection report must include an assessment of the air-conditioning efficiency and the sizing of the system compared to the cooling requirements of the building, and contain appropriate advice on possible improvements to the system, replacement of the system and alternative solutions.
The inspection report must include the following information:
(a) the address of the building in which the system is located;
(b) the name of the energy assessor;
(c) the name and address of the energy assessor’s employer, or, if they
are self-employed, the name under which they trade and the trade address;
(d) the date on which the inspection occurred; and
(e) the name of the approved accreditation scheme of which the energy assessor is a member.
The relevant person must keep the most recent inspection report made by an energy assessor.
Where the relevant person changes, the previous relevant person must give to the new relevant person any inspection report kept by
them under this regulation.
Where on or after 4th January 2011:
(a) the relevant person changes; and
(b) the new relevant person is not given any inspection report,
the new relevant person must ensure that the system is inspected within three months of the day on which he/she becomes the relevant person.
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Further
information is available at: Air
Conditioning Training, in addition existing inspection
personnel of such systems can be found at Air
Conditioning Inspectors
For further information for building owners and or
managers, including new build property developers on what information
you must provide to assessors please refer to:
SAP Assessment - for new
build "on construction" dwellings.
SBEM Assessment - for
existing commercial buildings |
Commercial
Energy Assessor Directory of SAP & SBEM Consultants - Commercial Property Energy Performance Certificates EPCs and providers of energy assessment
will be required for all other properties in the future including
energy certificates for Social Housing inspection and Rented
Property sectors. A Commercial Energy Assessor Forum is available online,
with discussion board with matters relating to energy certificates
for commercial/industrial buildings.
Commercial Buildings EPC Energy Training - A
guide for available courses and assessment centres for Energy
ratings and calculations for non-residential dwellings.
Commercial
Energy Performance Certificate DEC Provider, SAP Ratings Assessor,
or SBEM Consultants? Surveyors - Please refer to contact page and send your
details to us for inclusion in the directory.
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