There are some significant changes in the next version of SBEM and not enough is being said in preparation for them. Non-domestic energy assessors need to know what is coming and need to be preparing their clients f...

It is time for us to have a grown up conversation about this. Obviously, energy assessors would benefit from EPCs having to be renewed more frequently, but that is a major part of the problem. There is no reason for ...

The Property Energy Professionals Association (PEPA) Conference is one of the most anticipated and highest value CPD events of the energy assessor calendar, and this year is no exception. In particuler we are lookin...

It appears that the Government "has recently initiated an 8-week discovery project, which will look at how the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) software is managed. The end-to-end process will be scrutinised, fro...

With effect from 28th March 2022, the Residential Property Surveyors Association (RPSA) will also be providing support and services for domestic energy assessors as part of their new Technical Membership. This is a ...

Energy assessors have long been concerned about the claims being made to sell spray foam insulation to unwary property owners. The idea of partially encapsulating structural timbers in foam, in whatever condition th...

Proficiency is calling for more debate, followed by some positive action, to address what is arguably the biggest barrier to the effective use of EPCs, the EPC itself. Without some relatively minor changes the EPC can...

DesignBuilder have just announced the next set of dates for their online training. The DesignBuilder software is an extremely powerful tool and can be surprisingly easy to use once you know how. Like most powerful ...