Welcome to The EPC Register. Find Local Assessors For Your Domestic EPC, Commercial EPC or Retrofit Assessment.
To search the register, select the service required, enter the postcode of your property and click search.
Does Your Property Need an EPC?
An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is needed whenever a property is built, sold or rented.
You must order an EPC for potential buyers and tenants before you market your property to sell or rent.
The EPC must be on the EPC Register to be valid for sale or rental purposes. A 'Draft' EPC is not valid and will not appear on the register.
The EPC contains information about a property’s energy use and typical energy costs as well as recommendations about how to reduce energy use and save money.
An EPC gives a property an energy efficiency rating from A (most efficient) to G (least efficient) and is valid for 10 years.
Properties should have an EPC before they are marketed for sale or, in the case of rental property, before any prospective tenants are shown around. In Scotland, for rental properties, you must display the EPC somewhere in the property, for example in the meter cupboard or next to the boiler.
You can be fined if you do not get an EPC when you need one.
You can be fined if you do not get an EPC when you need one.
The person selling the house, the landlord or the letting agent must show you the EPC if you are buying or renting.
Buildings that do not need an EPC
These include:
- places of worship
- temporary buildings that will be used for less than 2 years
- stand-alone buildings with total useful floor space of less than 50 square metres
- industrial sites, workshops and non-residential agricultural buildings that do not use a lot of energy
- some buildings that are due to be demolished
- holiday accommodation that’s rented out for less than 4 months a year or is let under a licence to occupy
- listed buildings - you should get advice from your local authority conservation officer if the work would alter the building’s character
- residential buildings intended to be used less than 4 months a year
The Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates
Almost 40% of the United Kingdom's energy consumption and carbon emissions come from the way our buildings are lit, heated and used. Comparatively small changes in energy performance and the way we use each building will have a significant effect in reducing total energy consumption.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is responsible for the EU’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPB Directive). Transposed into regulations in 2007, the EPB Directive requires that:
- properties (homes and commercial) must have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) when constructed, sold or let
- larger buildings occupied by a public authority where the building is frequently visited by the public must display an energy certificate; in England and Wales this is a Display Energy Certificate (DEC)
- all air-conditioning systems over 12kW must be regularly inspected by an energy assessor and given an Air-Conditioning Inspections Report (ACIR)
The principle underlying the Directive is to make energy efficiency of buildings transparent through the provision of a certificate showing the energy rating of a building and recommendations on how to improve its efficiency.
For an EPC, DEC or ACIR to be valid, it must be lodged by an accredited energy assessor. You can find an accredited assessor by entering your postcode in the search facility above.
