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Energy Report Update - 28/09/23

Great news! Elmhurst has released a welcome update to its Energy Report. This report serves as a great resource for energy assessors delivering advice to homeowners and plays a crucial role in the retrofitting process. We’ve highlighted all the new features below.

Improved Metrics and Visibility

We now have an Energy Efficiency Rating and Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) Emissions Rating side-by-side on the front page of the report- providing equal visibility to both metrics. This is something which Elmhurst adapted from Stroma Certification’s Energy Performance Report (EPR). Another example of how we are working to provide the best of both schemes.

Refreshed ‘Additional Ratings for your Home’ Section

Energy Report Update - 28/09/23

You will notice that we have streamlined the display of the ‘Additional Ratings for your Home Section’ to ensure it is less cluttered and easier to interpret.

Cost and Carbon are the main metrics that homeowners are interested in but now assessors can explain to their customers how much energy the property is likely to use (energy), how that energy is delivered (primary energy) and how well the fabric is retaining the energy (HTC or Heat Transfer Coefficient). As an assessor you will also be able to show your customers how the property will likely perform should the improvement measures be installed.

Still stumped on what each metric means? Don’t worry, we have included a glossary for all of the metrics used within this section at the bottom of the report.

Improved Recommendations Table

We have included a new cumulative CO₂ rating to demonstrate the impact that a single recommendation will have on a dwelling’s CO₂ Emissions Rating. This means that when Assessors or Homeowners view recommendations now, they can easily see the impact of each one on both the Energy Efficiency Rating and CO₂ Emissions Rating.

Additional Changes

Updated wording– We have amended the words used within the ‘Estimated Energy Use and Potential Savings’ section to read: “Heating a property usually makes up the majority of energy used” as this section refers to kWh per year. This will stop any further misinterpretation, as the section originally referred to cost.

Overview report – An overview report can be displayed before an Energy Report is fully submitted. This report has been simplified and will now appear as a black and white document with limited information. This change has been released to ensure that the document is not interpreted or distributed as an insured energy report.