I received a copy of my Home Information Pack yesterday. The results for my EPC are in… and my flat got a C. The current impact is measured as 163 kWh/m2 per year which equals 2.2 tonnes. Potentially I could ease down to 152 or 2 tonnes a year. Not that bad a result. The property is pretty new (built in 2003) so perhaps it’s average on that score – of the features judged the one that stood out was the main heating controls, which were described as poor. Less impressive were the recommendations. There was just one specific one – install low energy lighting. There was then a generic list of “things to do today” further on in the Hip, which included:
- Turn your heating down
- Make sure your hot water isn’t too hot
- Turn off your lights and l don’t leave appliances on standby
- close your curtains
- Use a half load programme on your washing machine if you don’t fill up the drum
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on Nov 12th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Coincidentally, I got the results for our flat in a converted Georgian terrace today. It’s ranked at D, but the only suggestions were low-energy lighting and a room thermostat. What started as a comment here ended up as a minor rant over on my blog.
on Nov 12th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Have you done a Display Energy Certificate (DEC) ? THis is based on actual energy usage and requires 3-5 years of bills.
on Nov 14th, 2008 at 9:24 am
I was in Eland House yesterday which has an F rating on display.
on Nov 14th, 2008 at 9:38 am
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on Nov 15th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Responded to Adrian’s post about the inaction on the existing stock. To respond to JP – I wish there were DECs for domestic properties, but unfortunately there aren’t. There completely necessary to move from theory to practice. I hope the government will have the balls to expand DECs from just public buildings – as it is now – to all of them.
The fact that Eland has an F? Pretty symptomatic of its performance so far on this legislation. Must do better.