Energy Assessments
Energy Efficiency Certification
Having your air conditioning systems inspected by an Energy
Assessor is designed to improve efficiency and consequently reduce
electrical consumption, operating costs and carbon emissions for
your system. Energy inspections will highlight improvements in the
operation of your existing systems or opportunities to replace
older, less efficient or oversized systems with more energy
efficient systems.
By law, all air conditioning systems within a building with a
single or combined effective rated output of more than 12kw must be
regularly inspected by an Energy Assessor.
The regulations require the first inspection of the affected air
conditioning systems to be carried out as follows:
- For all systems first put into service on or after 1st January
2008, the first inspection must have taken place within five years
of the date when it was first put into service.
- For other air conditioning systems, where the effective rated
output is more than 250kw, the first inspection must have happened
by 4th January 2009.
- For other air conditioning systems, where the effective rated
output is more than 12kw, the first inspection must happen by 4th
January 2011.
Responsibilities for ensuring inspections are
done
If you control the operation of the air conditioning systems
affected by these Regulations, it is your responsibility to:
- Ensure an inspection has been done in accordance with the
requirements and timetable of the Regulations.
- Keep the most recent inspection report made by an
assessor.
- Give any inspection report kept by you to any person taking
over your responsibilities with respect to the control of the air
conditioning system.
Penalties for not having an air conditioning inspection
report
Local authorities (usually via their Trading Standards Officer)
are responsible for enforcing the requirements relating to air
conditioning inspection reports. Failure to commission, keep or
provide an air conditioning inspection report when required by the
Regulations means you may be issued with a penalty charge
notice.
How can Kimpton Building Services help?
We will manage your air conditioning energy assessment
requirements for you and inform you when an assessment is required.
Our accredited Energy Assessors can provide you with the required
Energy Efficiency Report. Along with issuing these reports, our
service includes the facility to store the reports on our Web
Portal to be viewed from anywhere and at any time.