Display Energy Certificates - Paul Barker Bristol City Council

Contents Energy Performance of Buildings Directive EPCs and DECs DECs –What are they –Legal Requirements –How you produce one BCC – Where we are

EPBD Elements - Certification Domestic - HIP Energy Ratings, Commercial (new developments and selling/letting of existing) = Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) & for public buildings = Display Energy Certificates (DECs)

Display Energy Certificates

What buildings must display a DEC building and by when either a public body currently OCCUPIES or ‘by institutions providing public services to a large number of persons and therefore frequently visited by those persons >1000m 2 Examples – Schools (inc. BSF and PFI), libraries, police stations, courts, LA offices, leisure centres, hospitals and university buildings, Exceptions – places of worship, car parks Must be displayed by October 2008!!

What if you don’t display a certificate? Trading standards can fine you £500 for non display of a DEC £1,000 fine for not being able to produce an advisory report –Expect some leniency in 1 st year

2 parts of DECs 1.The Certificate itself. (based on actual reads not estimated – will accept estimates in 1 st year) 2.An Advisory Report. Needs to be updated every 7 years.

How do you produce a DEC? 1.Choose an accreditation scheme 2.Identify buildings requiring a DEC i.e. over a 1000m2 3.Who’s responsible? i.e. it’s the occupier who is responsible NOT the owner 4.Get your accredited assessors to produce an advisory report 5.Produce the certificate and upload to accredited body for uploading to national register 6.DEC to be done every year

DCLG Commercial Register Accreditation Scheme Energy Assessor Independent or Public body staff Training DEC Upload

Things to think about Multiple buildings on one site – floor areas Littlemead Primary School

Multiple buildings on one site - metering Hotwells Primary School

Interesting buildings! Florence Brown Community School

BCC Producing a list of buildings requiring a DEC Identifying for each building: Floor areas Meter locations Special areas e.g. Server rooms, CCTV rooms? Calculating splits –Including for multifunctional buildings Monthly Meter reading plan – AMR or Customer/web based Waiting for accredited bodies to come on stream Tender for DEC uploading and training staff Waiting for: DEC software to produce advisory reports and certificates Benchmarks for building types

DEC Calculation Tool 30+ Benchmarks

How it works UPRN created by accredited assessor for each building/part of building Survey of building and energy use DEC and AR Produced DEC and AR uploaded to Commercial Register Official DEC and AR ready for printing and display

Current State of Play 43,000 public buildings to be certified by 1 st October 2008 –Very few with a DEC (less than 100) –Very few trained and accredited energy assessors –Software only just finished

Floor areas Unconditioned areas Occupancy Separable Energy Uses On site renewables (must be metered)