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Air conditioning Inspections
The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations, states;
All air-conditioning systems with an effective rated output of more than 12kw must be regularly inspected by an Energy Assessor. The inspections must be a maximum of five years apart. One or more air-conditioning units within a building controlled by a single person are considered to comprise a single air-conditioning system for the purposes of the regulations. This includes all systems providing cooling such as; Chillers, condensers, air handling units, control systems, terminal units and packaged split systems.
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 1 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 happen by 4 January 2009
• For other air-conditioning systems, where the effective rated output is more than 12kW the first inspection must happen by 4 January 2011.
Having your air-conditioning system inspected by an Energy Assessor is designed to improve efficiency and reduce the electricity consumption, operating costs and carbon emissions for your system. Energy inspections will highlight improvements to the operation of your existing systems or opportunities to replace older, less energy efficient systems or oversized systems with new energy efficient systems.
The air conditioning inspection could form the basis of the energy reduction, for the CRC Energy Reduction Planning.
http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/airconditioning
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AC Inspection compliance plus
This service will include the AC Inspection which will meet the minimum legal requirement with the additional benefit of priced proposals with energy saving and Carbon reduction calculated. The survey will consist of identifying, measuring and quantifying energy savings of the complete heating, ventilation and air conditioning system.
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F-gas Inspections
Fluorinated greenhouse gases are among the Kyoto Protocol groups of gases for which the EU has committed itself to reduce emissions. The Regulation requires leakage checks to be carried out, repairs to be completed, gases to be recovered so that they do not escape to the atmosphere, certified personnel and companies to be used, labels to be used on some equipment, information to be reported to the Commission, and bans some F gas products.
The Regulation also provides a timetable for the checking of leakage of these stationary applications.
EECO2 can supply F-gas inspections in tandem with the AC Inspection as they are both compulsory under the EPBD legislation.
The refrigerant R22 is one of many currently in use in refrigeration and air conditioning equipment which is classified as an Ozone Depleting Substance (also known as an HCFC refrigerant), and which comes under the EU ODS Regulations. These regulations were recently revised and additional obligations have been placed on owners regarding leak checking, record keeping and labelling In addition the Commission has provided some definitions related to the recovery and reuse of ODS refrigerants in stationary rac and heat pump equipment.
The phase out dates remain unchanged:
from 1st January 2010 it is illegal to use virgin HCFCs to service RAC equipment. This ban applies even if HCFC was purchased before the ban date. It is illegal to stockpile and use any supplies of virgin HCFCs after the end of 2009.
from 1st January 2015 it will be illegal to use recycled or reclaimed HCFCs to service RAC equipment.
For further guidance see the websites below.
Energy Performance Certificates - EPCs and DECs
An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is required when a building is constructed, sold or let:
A Display Energy Certificate (DEC) is required by occupiers of public buildings:
Currently DECs are required to be displayed in public building above 1000m2. This will be reduced to 500m2 and then eventually 250m2.
The government has recently confirmed its intentions to extend Display Energy Certificates to commercial buildings by October 2012.
The building is occupied by a public Authority or an institution providing public services to a large number of persons.
The public visit the building.
Trading Standards departments will enforce certification of existing buildings and Building Control will enforce it in newly built properties.
The legislation does have exemptions; for advice on your requirements please contact 01625 660 717
From April 2018, the Government will make it unlawful to rent out a house or business premise which has less than an E energy efficiency rating.
The supporting report will provide a building owner with the advice and information for improveing the bildings energy performance.
The DEC & EPC can be used in tandem to identify the predicted energy use of a building versus its actual energy use
Energy performance of buildings directive
The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)is designed to tackle climate change by reducing the amount of carbon produced by buildings. A recast of the directive has now been introduced to extend the scope of the directive. The key provisions are:
The revised requirements came into force in October 2010 for building regulations of new and existing buildings.
By 2020 new buildings will have to consume “nearly zero” energy with a focus on renewable energy. An earlier target date of 2018 is set for public authority buildings.
The content of EPC’s will be improved by providing more detailed information, with cost effectiveness of the recommendations along with steps of implementation.
The energy use of complex building systems to be optimised by setting requirements relating to installation, size etc. This covers heating, hot water, air-conditioning and large ventilation systems.
The 1,000m² threshold for refurbishment/renovations will be removed.
Currently DECs are required to be displayed in public building above 1000m2. This will be reduced to 500m2 and then evetually 250m2.
EPCs to be displayed in commercial premises larger than 500m² that are frequently visited by the public and where one has previously been issued.
The frequency of air conditioning system inspections could be reduced where electronic controls and monitoring are in place.
EPBD2 will be implemented by Member States by 2012–13.
Homes with a poor energy rating will be banned from the rental market in five years’ time.
From April 2016, landlords will not be able to refuse ‘reasonable’ requests from tenants, or local authorities acting on behalf of tenants, to improve their property.
From April 2018, the Government will make it unlawful to rent out a house or business premise which has less than an E energy efficiency rating.
Please see link for further information.
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/tackling/green_deal/green_deal.aspx
The carbon reduction (crc) energy efficiency scheme
The CRC is a mandatory scheme aimed at improving energy efficiency and cutting carbon emissions in large public and private sector buildings. The scheme was intorduced in 2008 by the government.
Organisations that meet the qualification criteria, based on how much electricity they consumed in 2008, will be obliged to participate in the CRC.
As well as reducing carbon emissions, the scheme will help organisations save money by reducing their energy bills. The better an organisation performs in terms of cutting its emissions, the higher it will appear in the annual performance league table.
An organisation must register as a Participant in the CRC scheme if:
It has one or more half-hourly electricity meters settled on the half-hourly market;
and it used at least 6,000MWh (Mega Watt hours) of half-hourly electricity during the qualification year.
This applies to all companies, partnerships, public bodies, charities and other incorporated bodies that have operations in the UK. The qualification year for the Introductory phase of CRC is the 2008 calendar year.
Organisatons must register for the scheme using the online CRC Registry.
If you qualify as a CRC Participant, you should have registered between 1 April 2010 and 30 September 2010 for the Introductory phase. You will then be able to submit data online in order to fulfill the registration requirements as outlined in Chapter 3 of the Government Response Decisions document published 1 October 2009.
Anyone (not just CRC Participants) may ask to open a trading account through the online CRC Registry, in order to trade allowances on the secondary market. You can do this at any time during the scheme.
The CRC phase in has recently been changed, for up to date information please see the link below.
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/emissions/crc_efficiency/crc_efficiency.aspx
Below is a draft timeline of CRC scheme milestones during the introductory phase and steps to be taken to implement simplified legislation.
The timeline provides a breakdown of actions which will be taken by government, by the scheme administrators and by scheme participants.
Air Conditioning Inspections
Air Conditioning Compliance Plus
F-Gas Inspections
Energy Performance Certificates
EPBD Advice
CRC Scheme Advice
