Energy Efficiency in Home Information Packs
Energy Performance Certificates grade A to G
The Energy Performance Certificate, as well as containing information on how to reduce excessive unwanted emissions into the environment and consequently reduce fuel bills, will certify the quotient of energy efficiency rated per household on a scale rating A as highly efficient, and down to G as being the least efficient standard.
How are HIP Energy Performance Certificates Grades calculated
These ratings are formulated in two stages: The first, the Environmental Impact rating, calculates the amount of environmental impact caused by the discharge of unwanted carbon dioxide or CO2 emissions given off to the atmosphere of the environment in which the home resides; the second rating, or Energy Efficiency Rating, is calculated to measure the overall energy efficiency of the home, and takes into consideration the amount of electricity and gas consumed, and whether the energy consumption of the appliances within it are seen to be utilised at an efficient level.
Why have these?
The chief aim of this part of the exercise is for the Government to be seen to encourage a positive attitude towards environmental issues and energy savings. And by achieving this to give a clear indication to prospective buyers of the positive benefits or negative disadvantages of the environmental impact of the house they may be intending to buy. In short, the intention is to make the purchase of a high-graded energy efficient residence a much more attractive proposition. In turn, prospective vendors are encouraged to take steps to make their homes more attractive in sales terms by installing or converting to more environmentally-friendly systems to produce a cleaner and much more effective energy environment. At the moment most homes fall into the mid-category range of D to E. The Government, naturally enough, would like to see more of our homes reaching assessments in the A to B bands, so that it can fairly claim to have achieved its aim of creating a much healthier and acceptable climate of energy efficiency and a substantial lowering of carbon dioxide emissions.
And whilst the Energy Performance Certificate may be seen to derive from the type of certification used to identify the energy efficiency rating of modern household consumer appliances, it is a strict legal document, which must be certified by an accredited Energy Assessor.
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