Commercial Assessment Services
Owners of commercial buildings and landlords must provide an Energy performance certificate. more..
Display Energy Certificates
A DEC is required for any public building, and will indicate the relative energy efficiency of the property. more..
Domestic Energy Assessments Services
An Energy Performance Certificate, is a document that indicates the relative fuel efficiency. more..
Display Energy Certificate
What is a Display Energy Certificate?
A DEC is required for any public building, and will indicate the relative energy efficiency of the property based upon actual energy usage.
The DEC will be issued after an inspection by a qualified DEC energy assessor. The certificate produced will contain the following information:
- Details of your property, its address, date of report and property size in square metres;
- A table with headline performance ratings calculated in terms of the average energy use per square metre of floor area showing your property compared to a typical property of its type and size;
- Recommended measures to improve the building's performance ratings. These may typically include changes to lighting, insulation or installing a more energy-efficient boiler. It will not state the cost of these improvements - which will vary according to the cost of local labour and the materials used - but it will band them into low, medium and high cost relative to the typical payback period.
The DEC will be accompanied by a Advisory Report and a full technical table listing of the property can be provided at no extra charge.
The EPC will measure overall energy efficiency using OR (Operational Ratings), which takes account of the size of the property, its structure, insulation, heating, etc but concentrates heavily on the utility bills and the fuel used.
The Government's own information about Display Energy Certificates can be found here.
How can Bladen Consulting help you?
Bladen Consulting has associate qualified DEC assessors who can help public bodies assess the energy performance of any, or indeed all, of your public buildings. If you would like further information, please contact us on 01704 840354 or 0777811994, or via e-mail at info@bladenconsulting.co.uk.
Also, through our sister company, Energy Foundation, we offer training in DEC creation, so that public bodies staff can undertake the work themselves. For more informaton, please visit the Energy Foundation website, at www.energyfoundation.co.uk