Consultation: Reforms to the Energy Performance of Buildings regime

Your views invited.

Overview

Consultation on changes to Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), Display Energy Certificates (DECs), and air conditioning inspection reports (ACIRs).

This consultation closes at 23:59 on 26 February 2025.

Consultation description

Government is committed to reforming the Energy Performance of Buildings regime to provide a system which:

• provides homeowners and tenants with accurate information about the energy performance of their homes to allow them to make informed investment and purchase decisions
• provides accurate information to determine eligibility for schemes and measure progress against government targets
• provides an information tool to support a range of actions including reducing carbon emissions, tackling fuel poverty, improving decency and the Warm Homes Plan  
• reflects the needs of wider users of EPCs beyond homeowners and tenants, such as suppliers of energy efficiency products and services, as well as lenders

To achieve this, the consultation includes proposed reforms to enhance the regime in 5 critical areas:

• updating what EPCs measure through additional metrics
• updating when energy certificates are required by refining the rules for obtaining EPCs and DECs
• managing energy certificate quality
• improving the accessibility of building performance data
• strengthening the quality of air conditioning inspection reports

Your voice is important which is why we hold these interactive workshops at CIAT to enable you to have your say. When attending the event, we would expect you to have read the consultation (which can be found here) and have some views ready to discuss and put forward. If your view is not finalised, a brief discussion at the workshop may help. If you do not wish to attend the workshop, please either complete a response for yourself, or send your comments through to [email protected] and will ensure that they are included in the discussions and submission.

Schedule of consultation engagement
30/01/25 - Email invitation goes out to members and affiliates in England and Wales and AT Weekly article goes out
11/02/25 - Pre reading sent out to those who have registered for the workshop, along with the Zoom link and Miro board link
18/02/25 - Consultation engagement workshop 15:00-17:00. Interactive discussion and input onto Miro board
20/02/25 - Final responses collated for response to government
26/02/25 - CIAT collective response submitted to UK government

Please complete the expression of interest form here or scan the QR code below if you would like to attend and contribute.