Surveying Services

At Smart NRG, we endevour to provide support and services to the following areas in the UK:

Litchfield

Wolverhampton

South Staffordshire

Dudley

Wyre Forest

Wychavon

Worcester

Stratford-on-Avon

Redditch

Warwick

Bromsgrove

Solihull

Coventry

Birmingham

Sandwell

Walsall

North Warwickshire

Tamworth

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An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is a legally valid document which provides an energy efficiency rating (displayed on an A-G scale) in relation to a property’s running costs. This rating will take into account the potential energy performance of the property itself (the fabric) and its services (heating, lighting, hot water etc).

In addition to this, the EPC document will also show:

✅ a breakdown of a property’s energy performance
✅ its environmental impact
✅ recommendations for improvements
✅ estimated energy use alongside potential savings

Not all properties are used in the same way. The energy efficiency rating uses ‘standard occupancy’ assumptions (typically 2 adults and 2 children) which may be very different from the way in which occupiers actually use things like heating and lighting within their property.

An EPC is required in the UK whenever a property is marketed for sale or rent or is newly built. The EPC is valid for 10 years or until a newer EPC is produced for the same property. It is recommended that a property’s EPC should be made available to potential buyers as soon as it is marketed for sale or rent.

For existing flats, bungalows and houses in need of an EPC, you will need to acquire the services of an accredited Domestic Energy Assessor (DEA). These professionals will visit your property to collect property data/information such as room dimensions, insulation levels, heating systems and amount of glazing.

The assessor will need access to all rooms, including the loft as they will need to take measurements and photos to support their assessment. Homeowners will be pleased to know that the domestic energy assessment is non invasive, with no drilling or hammering into walls. Depending on the size or complexity of the property a typical assessment can take between 30 mins and 2 hours to complete.

DEAs already have extensive experience when it comes to undertaking property assessments, which makes them ideally placed to become a Retrofit Assessor.

Domestic properties, which require energy retrofit work, will first need to be assessed by a Retrofit Assessor. These assessors play a key role in whole house retrofit projects as they collect important property data/information, which Retrofit Coordinators will need in order to develop a retrofit plan.

A retrofit assessment is a non-intrusive on-site assessment, which includes the following:

• an RdSAP assessment
• a detailed floor plan
• a condition report which is a room by room assessment which details the overall condition of windows, walls and services
• an occupancy assessment, which involves speaking directly with the home owner to determine how they use the property, and what their fuel bills are

A retrofit assessment will typically take longer to complete in comparison to your standard energy assessment (mainly due to the increase in information required).

Moreover, Retrofit Assessors will likely be working closely with a Retrofit Coordinator who is essentially the project manager for any whole house retrofit project delivered in accordance with PAS 2035.

In order to comply with PAS 2035 every domestic retrofit project will need to be managed by an approved Retrofit Coordinator. A Retrofit Coordinator is the individual who will be responsible for overseeing the assessment of dwellings as well as the subsequent specification, monitoring, and evaluation of energy efficiency measures, in accordance with PAS 2035.

A Retrofit Coordinator will manage a retrofit project from inception to completion, and will need to liaise with building owners, Retrofit Assessors, Retrofit Designers and Retrofit Installers in order to ensure effective end-to-end project management.

The activities that Retrofit Coordinators will need to undertake as part of the PAS 2035 process include:

• The completion of a retrofit risk assessment for each dwelling or dwelling type within the retrofit project
• The development of a retrofit project plan
• The development of a medium term improvement plan for every dwelling, for implementation over a period of thirty years
• The documentation of the project progress, including any information that is supplied by building owners, and other retrofit stakeholders involved in the delivery of the project