Energy Performance Certificates For Home Information

Are you planning to sell your house or buy a new house? If so then if the house has more than four bedrooms, you need to get the Home Information Pack. It would include lot of important document along with the Energy Performance Certificate.

The Energy Performance Certificate advices you on how you can reduce the amount of carbon emitted by your house and reduce your electricity bills as well. The Energy Performance Certificates provides you with the rating of the energy efficiency of the house.

The certificate rates the building according to the energy efficiency of the building on a rating scale of A-G. If you get an ‘A’ rating then it means that your buildings energy efficiency is very good. A lower grade would mean the opposite. This new law would be implicated from April 2008. The ratings can be given by accredited Energy Performance Certificate specialist only.

If you are selling a house then you need to get the house assessed by an Energy Performance Certificate Assessor who would survey the house and rate it after evaluating the result. During the survey the assessor would consider the factor or the elements that are responsible for the energy performance of the building. These factors include wall and roof insulation, lightening, boilers, AC and other such factors.

Once you have obtained the Energy Performance Certificate you need to show it to the prospective buyers if he asks for it. Once you sell the building you need to give the Energy Performance Certificates to the new owner of the building. If you are giving out your building on rent then the tenant should have access to this certificate.

If the building hasn’t been built but is designed then you can obtain a predicted energy rating. This energy rating is obtained on the basis of the design produced. You can look for a environment consultants with accreditation who can provide you with the Energy Performance Certificate. One of the leading environment consultants who can help you with this are Wilbourn Associates. The company has a team of Energy Performance Certificate specialist who can give you the certificate after evaluating the location.

The law for getting an Energy Performance Certificate would be passed on April 2008. If you have a temporary accommodation system that is available for less than a period of two years or own a shed then you do not require this certificate.

Wilbourn Associates have qualified Energy Performance Certificate assessors and consultant under them. You can easily contact them for any assistance. You can either call up at their EPC help desk or search their website, www.environmental-surveyors.com to get more information about the Energy Performance Certificate for Home Information.

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Jason Gardner is a well known author who writes articles for Wilbourn Associates, the UK's leading resource for Chartered Environmental Land Consultants, Remediation Management Services and provider of Energy Performance Cerificates. For more information please visit www.environmental-surveyors.com.