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EPC Graphs
Tuesday 4th June 2013
EU directive 2002/91/EC (The energy performance of buildings) requires that as of June 1st 2013 all properties coming onto the market for sale in the EU must have obtained an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), properties already on the market must apply for an EPC within 1 week of this deadline, and have obtained the EPC within a further 3 weeks.
What is EPC?
The Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) also known as Certificado de Eficiencia Energetica (CEE) in Spain is designed to give buyers an idea of how energy efficient the property is, a property scoring a higher energy efficiency will have lower ongoing bills for heating as well as lower carbon dioxide emissions.
Properties are scored from A to G, A being very energy efficient and G being not energy efficient, with a further rating for the potential score if adequate measures are taken to improve the property. A standard graph has been designed to communicate these values clearly to buyers, much like food labels.
How to create EPC Graphs with Advance Agent
To help you display this information, you will now find a new side menu option on properties labelled "EPC Graphs". Selecting this will allow you to enter the current and potential values for both Energy Efficiency and Environment Impact from the properties certificate. This will then generate standard graphs, as the following example shows:
These can be included on your website or print material relating to the property and makes it very easy for you to communicate this information to your buyers.
A quick modification is needed to your website templates to enable automatic inclusion of the EPC Graphs on property details pages, please open a support ticket to request this update.
Non Domestic EPC Graphs
Wednesday 5th March 2014
We have recently extended our support for EPC Graphs by adding Energy Performance Asset Rating graph types.
As required by the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, properties that are non dwellings with a floor area greater than 50 square metres that are for sale, rent or construction, whilst being exempt from requiring a domestic EPC will require a non domestic Energy Performance Asset Rating instead.
To generate one of these for your property, select the property, click EPC Graphs, select Energy Performance (Commercial) as the graph type then enter the rating as provided by your approved assessor.
Below is an example generated by Advance Agent:
