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Industrial Property managers will be required to produce Energy
Performance Certificates provided by qualified energy assessment
assessors (SAP or SBEM) for Existing and New Build Industrial
Property Units.
Buildings that are subject to survey will be provided with
recommendations for system improvements if required, by the
inspector.
Public Buildings will also require inspection of systems as
part of energy assessment for Display Energy Certificates.
Implementation will start in January 2008, and systems over 250 kW
must be inspected by January 2009. Systems over 12 kW must be
inspected by January 2011. Thereafter inspections must be repeated
within a five years timeframe.
EPBD Article 9 Air Conditioning Systems Inspections details the
scope of inspection PDF
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Building
managers are expected to provide documentation for the installed system
To assemble documentation describing the system and any existing
inspection and maintenance regime, where this has not been prepared in
readiness for the inspection. This would form a separate and
supplementary task. CIBSE TM44 publication includes legislation, sizing,
estimating, performance, cooling load for inspection of air conditioning
systems.
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Commercial Property
facilities managers will be required certain data for submission to
inspectors to assist in the energy
assessment of the building (for public buildings this will include
energy bills and the amount of energy used, such data needs to be collected
now - before the October deadline).
Commercial
Energy Assessors will be responsible for inspection of air
conditioning systems for commercial buildings. Allied to this, the
energy assessor must be qualified for energy assessment using SBEM &
SAP techniques to complete the Commercial
EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) for commercial premises.
Thus
suitable energy assessor training will be required for conducting energy surveys of
buildings with existing air conditioning equipment installed. New Build
commercial & or industrial units will be assessed in a similar way.
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Air Conditioning Energy Assessors will commence surveys of air
conditioning equipment from April 2008. Asset owners are advised to
carry out regular maintenance and repairs to operational systems to
improve energy efficiency, and thus reduce energy usage of such
buildings. Cooling systems will also require inspection by the energy
assessor.
HVAC -
Industrial Property Industrial Buildings
The HVAC
Inspectors listing is a free resource for Facilities managers of
Industrial Property Air Conditioning Engineers to conduct surveys on the
condition and energy usage and ratings of existing installations and
installing new systems where required. These companies can also provide
maintenance & repair services, and install new equipment. National
coverage for inspection services for HVAC air conditioning engineers
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We have compiled an Air Conditioning Inspection
Directory, of regional inspection companies in your local area. Many of
the companies listed can provide services to improve the energy
efficiency of an existing installation, improve your asset rating by
conducting regular checks of your system, and install upgrades to
maintain your equipment in optimum condition. Asset owners may find it
easier to let commercial and industrial units if the their asset has a
better energy rating than a competitor in the commercial lease market.
Further
information relating to Commercial Energy Performance Certificates for
Public Buildings, Institutions, Rented Property, Social & Private
Landlords in the Rental Housing Sector can be found in the Links section
of this website.
Air Conditioning Inspectors provide a comprehensive register of
Commercial Inspection Companies in England & Wales. If you have a
company that you wish to submit to the directory please contact
us, we will view your site and check the validity of content prior
to inclusion in the register.
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