Edgeworth Street Chartered Building Surveyors specialise in the commercial property sector and offer a nationwide service to portfolio clients, individual commercial property landlords and tenants of commercial property.
Commercial EPCWith effect from April 2008, the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive makes it a legal requirement for certain types of commercial property to have an Energy Performance Certificate, prior to the building being offered for sale or lease. Edgeworth Street will be able to assist commercial property owners, property managers and facilities managers from this date in providing a commercial energy assessment. The survey, similar to a building survey, involves a thorough on-site inspection of the premises and some pre-site data gatehering and then compiling the information together with calculating the energy rating for the property. A commercial EPC remains valid for a period of 10 years, unless of course, any major modifications are made within this timeframe, in which case, an updated nergy performance certificate will be required. The landlord or the property manager is responsible for ensuring that the energy certificate is made available. The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive has a three year implementation timescale and many types of commercial buildings will be affected. These include:
Only those buildings falling within the above scope and being offered for sale or lease (or newly built premises) will require an energy performace certificate and therefore, existing tenancies will remain unaffected by the EPBD. For further information, or to make arrangements for a commercial EPC, please contact David Carter or Robert Street on 0121 711 7110. As chartered building surveyors, our advice can be relied on to be 100% objective at all times. If you represent a property management company, facilities manager or a commercial property investment manager, we can offer very attractive rates on portfolio instructions. We currently work for a large number of pension funds and national property managers and will be pleased to provide references if required. |
