Energy Performance of New Buildings
An energy assessor is required to assess any new buildings against the Building Regulations. Building Regulations require an assessment for compliance prior to any construction work beginning on site. It is recommended that MH Energy Consultants is engaged as soon as possible to ensure any problems with achieving compliance are overcome as smoothly as possible. We will complete the compliance assessment via plans and specifications developed by the architect or construction developer.
What if compliance is not achieved?
Should compliance with Building Regulations not be achieved initially, MH Energy Consultants will give advice on what can be improved to ensure compliance is achieved in the most cost effective manner. When this process is completed we will issue a series of reports which can be passed on to building control and construction can then begin.
As-Built’ energy assessment
Once the construction of the building is complete a second assessment will be undertaken by MH Energy Consultants to ensure any deviations from the ‘design stage’ calculations are modelled and to check compliance with regulations has been achieved. We do not need to visit the property and all information is gathered via correspondence between us and yourself. The energy assessor will usually ask you to confirm items such as the actual boiler installed, air pressure test score and any other changes that may have occurred during the build process. Often we will have a pre-prepared document for you to complete and return which we will retain for quality control purposes. At this point we will then be able to complete the EPC for the building. will feed all of this data into the assessment software and then produce the EPC.
An energy assessor is required to assess any new buildings against the Building Regulations. Building Regulations require an assessment for compliance prior to any construction work beginning on site. It is recommended that MH Energy Consultants is engaged as soon as possible to ensure any problems with achieving compliance are overcome as smoothly as possible. We will complete the compliance assessment via plans and specifications developed by the architect or construction developer.
What if compliance is not achieved?
Should compliance with Building Regulations not be achieved initially, MH Energy Consultants will give advice on what can be improved to ensure compliance is achieved in the most cost effective manner. When this process is completed we will issue a series of reports which can be passed on to building control and construction can then begin.
As-Built’ energy assessment
Once the construction of the building is complete a second assessment will be undertaken by MH Energy Consultants to ensure any deviations from the ‘design stage’ calculations are modelled and to check compliance with regulations has been achieved. We do not need to visit the property and all information is gathered via correspondence between us and yourself. The energy assessor will usually ask you to confirm items such as the actual boiler installed, air pressure test score and any other changes that may have occurred during the build process. Often we will have a pre-prepared document for you to complete and return which we will retain for quality control purposes. At this point we will then be able to complete the EPC for the building. will feed all of this data into the assessment software and then produce the EPC.