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Elmhurst Energy are working with an illustrious group of industry leading bodies to create a process which allows UK manufacturing SMEs to overcome current barriers to energy efficiency; with Non-Domestic Energy Assessors featured at its core. The programme is known as Smarter Choices which is funded by the government Department of Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). Smarter Choices aims to offer a one-stop-shop in the form of a digital platform, showcasing results from independent
Over the past few months Elmhurst has invested heavily in online training to ensure members still have access to high quality courses. The health and wellbeing of our members has always been our number one priority, so when it became clear in mid-March that face-to-face training could no longer continue, the team quickly leapt into action! Online training was the obvious way forward; we already had a catalogue of online courses that were available to
In an unfortunately titled article “Home insulation could create cheap jobs” the BBC has given, otherwise, good coverage to a report released by the Energy Efficiency Infrastructure Group (EEIG), a coalition of charities, businesses and pressure groups whose aim is to upgrade the UK's aged housing stock. The article makes the claim that “Making people's homes cosy is the cheapest way to create jobs as the UK prepares to fight recession, and that insulating homes
The Energy Performance Certificate is the only way to meet the requirements of the Energy Performance of Buildings Regulations and is, of course, a fantastic tool to view a property’s energy rating and carbon emissions, but to work out the best way to achieve a minimum rating you may need more. An EPC identifies the cumulative effect of the savings across all of the potential measures. Although this is useful to see, realistically, very few
If you are an architect, property surveyor or housing provider seeking to attain building regulations compliance, the road ahead may seem long. But it needn't, because with experts such as Elmhurst Energy Consultancy on your side, you can follow simple guide to achieving the compliance you need, such as meeting ESOS regulations. In this guide we offer four simple steps to attaining building regulations approval: 1. Choosing your consultancy or surveyor Your consultancy or surveyor
The Climate Change Committee has long championed energy efficiency; its role is to analyse and make comment on the wider performance of government on all things related to climate change. It is made up of cross party MPs and it now enters a new committee with a new chair. As Elmhurst has frequently referenced, the ‘Clean Growth Strategy’ was first published in 2017 and set out a strategy of how to improve the energy efficiency
Yesterday Scottish Government established a route map out of the current lockdown restrictions. The strategic plan details a number of phases that Scotland will implement when it is considered safe to do so. Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, states: “As I said last week, we can’t live this way forever. We all want to get back to some semblance of normality” “This document sets out the steps that will take us there. It doesn’t
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), has issued a consultation that proposes major changes to EPBR, the Regulations that implement the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, related to: Article 14 - revisions of the requirement for inspections of heating systems.Article 15 - inspection of air-conditioning systems The directive requires all EU countries, including the UK (because we are still in the transition period of leaving the EU), to amend regulation so that;
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), the ministerial department responsible for the production of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), has today (19th May 2020) updated its guidance on meeting the regulatory requirement to secure a valid EPC on marketing a property during the COVID-19 epidemic. In summary, energy assessments can continue in both domestic and non-domestic properties in England and Wales, and should only be conducted in accordance with: Government advice on staying
Further to recent announcements in England about the reopening of the property market, Elmhurst has been liaising with Scottish Government in order to clarify their position regarding COVID-19 and EPC production. In a message received today from the Scottish Government, the First Minister has confirmed that the ‘Stay At Home’ message remains in place in Scotland as does the previous Scottish Government guidance issued on Moving Home. For EPC assessment, the original social distancing guidance
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