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Produce Energy Performance Certificates

Element 5.1 Produce Energy Performance Certificates

Performance Criteria

You must be able to:

  1. assemble and collate information from your on-site inspection and from other relevant and reliable sources
  2. use prescribed technology correctly to determine energy performance ratings
  3. use prescribed technology to generate recommendations for measures to improve the energy performance of the property
  4. check the recommendations generated and delete any that are inappropriate providing your reasons
  5. prepare an Energy Performance Certificate that meets relevant codes of practice and standards, including the accurate recording of the date prepared and relevant property address

Knowledge and Understanding

You must know and understand:

  • the prescribed format and content of an Energy Performance Certificate
  • the range of measures to improve the energy performance of property that may be included within an Energy Performance Certificate
  • the technology used to produce Energy Performance Certificates and how to use it correctly
  • the principles underpinning the prescribed technology used to calculate energy ratings
  • how to input data using the prescribed technology in order to determine energy performance ratings
  • how to use prescribed technology to generate recommendations for measures to improve the energy performance of property
  • the circumstances in which items can be recorded as ‘not known’
  • the importance of checking that data has been inputted correctly and how to review data if the calculation will not process
  • the importance of checking the recommendations generated, deleting any that are inappropriate, and providing your reasons
  • the way in which recommendations are generated and circumstances when it is appropriate to delete them
  • the importance of using plain language, and appropriate terms where free text is allowed
  • the importance of checking the Energy Performance Certificate to ensure it is clear and complete

Scope

A. measures:

(i) specific lower cost measures

(ii) specific higher cost measures

(iii) specific further measures to achieve an even higher standard

(iv) simple behavioural measures (e.g. using energy saving appliances, turning off lights)