The Role of the Domestic Energy Assessor

From 1 June 2007 Energy Performance Certificates (EPC’s) will be compulsory as part of Home Information Packs (HIP’s).  EPC’s can be only be produced by QUALIFIED & ACCREDITED Home Inspectors and Domestic Energy Assessors.

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Domestic Energy Assessors (DEA’s) is a brand new job role/service created by the need to provide – from 1st June 2007 – an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) as part of a Home Information Pack (HIP).

Whenever a domestic property is built or put onto the market in England and Wales (a similar requirement for homes that are to be rented/let is expected to will follow next year) only accredited and suitably qualified DEA’s (and existing Home Inspectors) will be allowed to carry out the Energy Assessment of the 1 million plus homes which come to the market each year!

Domestic Energy Assessors (DEA’s) will collect data on the dimensions, construction, heating and hot water provision of the property, and enter the information into an approved software programme.

This software programme, in turn, will produce the EPC. The first part of the certificate is a benchmarked measure of the home’s energy performance on a scale A to G, where A is very efficient and G is at the other end of the spectrum.

The second part of the EPC is cost effective recommendations for improving the energy performance of the home, information on renewable energy and recommendations on energy efficient behaviour.

The DEA will have to interpret whether these are practical for his/her client.

The Importance of the Role of the DEA

Domestic Energy Assessors will be commissioned by householders or their agents to visit homes, initially those that are about to come onto the market. The owners will be obliged to make EPC’s and advisory reports available to buyers and later to tenants.

In this way, DEA’s will be a key part of helping homebuyers, homeowners and tenants contribute to the “green agenda”. Research confirms that householders want to know about the energy efficiency of their homes and about how they can make improvements – just what the DEA’s and the EPC’s will provide.