ASJ - Allied Souter & Jaffrey

Chartered Quantity Surveyors Inverness.

Energy Performance Certificates

Let us make you more efficient!

Energy efficiency within property of all types is a vital issue for occupiers, both in terms of optimising operational costs, and in protecting and maximising Market Value.

The introduction of new legislation, compelling owners and occupiers to have Energy Performance measured is now widely recognised as a step towards more efficient energy use, resulting in real cost advantages.

In Scotland domestic property has required an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) since December 2008, and this forms part of the Home Report necessary to market a property for sale. Similarly, residential property landlords require to have an EPC on leased property since January 2009.

Commercial property also requires an EPC from January 2009, to be available during marketing to a prospective tenant or purchaser, and most public buildings are required to display a certificate showing their energy rating.

More information on the process of rating, as it applies in Scotland, can be found on the BRE website: BRE and on this Government website: Scottish Building Standards.

Allied Souter & Jaffrey professional staff are trained in the provision of EPC's and are on the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors register of approved providers. We will be delighted to provide this service to you.

Please call us for a fee quotation, to discuss any queries or requirements you have, or think you may have in this important new area of property advice. In the first instance please contact Jeff Collins or Richard Smith at our Inverness office - 01463 239494.