Sterling accredits building Energy Assessors in accordance with Government requirements in England and Wales in the three areas described below. An Energy Assessor may be accredited to undertake assessments in one or more areas as described:
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Also referred to as non-dwellings or commercial buildings. Sterling Accreditation will accredit suitably qualified people as Non Domestic Energy Assessors. This will enable those assessors to produce EPCs for non-dwellings or commercial buildings. Within this area there are three levels of accreditation:
• Simple buildings using the SBEM calculation tool (known as Level 3),
• Complex buildings using the SBEM calculation tool (known as Level 4),
• Buildings using Dynamic Simulation Models as the calculation tool (known as Level 5).
Energy Assessors may be accredited to produce EPCs at one or more levels depending on their proven expertise. Only Assessors at levels 4 & 5 will be able to assess new buildings.
Our Scheme, and the processes that support it, have been developed to provide Assessors with the support they need to ensure a consistently high quality product. They will be provided with a comprehensive membership package and all the support they need to operate in a fast moving and highly technical area.
Clients, building owners and managers are becoming increasingly concerned that the current competitive market, which has driven costs down below a sensible commercial level, has resulted in the quality of EPCs being suspect. Membership of the Sterling Accreditation Scheme will give such people the confidence that its Assessors will be working to the highest levels of technical competence supported by a system of quality assurance operating to best practice professional standards.
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Whereas an EPC reflects the energy efficiency of the building fabric and the systems, Display Energy Certificates (DECs) reflects how efficiently the energy is used in the building. DECs are required for public buildings over 1000m2 in area and need to be produced every year. The certificate needs to be displayed in a prominent place in the building so that visitors can easily see it. The Certificate reports on the previous three years so that improvements in energy use can readily be seen on a year on year basis.
Energy Assessors will be accredited by Sterling to undertake DECs and the accompanying Advisory Report that provides the building owner/user with information on how improvements can be made.
The Sterling Accreditation Scheme, and the processes that support it, have been developed to provide Assessors with the support they need to ensure a consistently high quality product. They will be provided with a comprehensive membership package and all the support they need to operate in a fast moving and highly technical area.
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There are two categories of Energy Assessors for Air Conditioning Inspections:
• Energy Assessors for Air Conditioning Inspections for simple systems between 12 and 250kW (equivalent to NOS level 3),
• Energy Assessors for Air Conditioning Inspections for complex systems exceeding 250kW (equivalent to NOS level 4). These Energy Assessors will also be accredited to undertake simple systems.
The Regulations currently require all air conditioning systems over 250kW to have had their first inspection and regular inspections to take place at least every 5 years thereafter. Smaller systems over 12 kW must have their first inspection by 4 January 2011 with regular inspections to follow.
The Sterling Accreditation Scheme, and the processes that support it, have been developed to provide Assessors with the support they need to ensure a consistently high quality product. They will be provided with a comprehensive membership package and all the support they need to operate in a fast moving and highly technical area.
Ensuring that air conditioning is properly sized for the building requirements and maintained to function efficiently can have a large effect on the amount of energy used.
Many buildings in both the commercial sector and, now increasingly, homes have air conditioning. These systems should be carefully maintained and managed in order that they do not consume too much energy.
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