Government Consultation - Energy Performance Certificates for Buildings

Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are a widely used measure of the energy performance of buildings, both in the residential and commercial sectors, and are a key tool in promoting energy efficiency improvements to buildings.

BEIS is seeking evidence on how EPCs are currently performing against 3  attributes:

• quality
• availability
• encouraging action to improve energy efficiency

We would urge any members with good or bad experiences of EPC's to contribute to the consultation process online at https://beisgovuk.citizenspace.com/home-local-energy/epc-call-for-evidence/

If you have not participated in a government consultation before, the process is fairly easy, and can all be done online. The forms ask lots of questions, but you only need to answer the ones where you have something to say, you don't need to comment on everything, so it needn't take too much time. Case studies are extremely useful to BEIS and these can be submitted by email if you already have ones that you feel are relevant.

If you would rather share your experiences with us, we will collate information from members and feed it back to BEIS on your behalf.

We encourage you to get involved.

SPECIAL OFFER FOR EEA MEMBERS

• Presentation / training session to all staff giving an overview of GDPR and how it affects their roles and the changes the company will need to implement over time.
• One-on-one discussions with staff about how data is used in their respective roles.
• Readiness Assessment. Using privacy software, we conduct an overall evaluation of how compliant the business is. This is automated and provides an overall percentage from a policy and process perspective.

• Provision of a report summarising the day on site and any findings made.
• Readiness assessment is delivered, as is an Executive Summary.
• All these documents can be used to demonstrate (if required) how the business is placed for GDPR compliance.
• An overview of the key suppliers you are currently using from a lead generation perspective. This will be an overview, not an in-depth review.

• Privacy Policy – this is a detailed document used internally
• Privacy Notice – this goes on your website
• Employee Privacy Policy – this tells your employees how their personal data is used.
• Supplier Contract template – this can be sent to your suppliers
• Marketing Overview.
• Visual summary of the concept of GDPR.

The 2018 Annual General Meeting

The first Annual General Meeting of members is due to take place in October. We will shortly be sending out invitations to all members and a copy of the proposed agenda for the meeting.

Any members who would like to see any specific items added to this agenda should email the Interim Chairman, Kenneth Campbell, with their requests.

We are also looking to appoint the 11 regional conveners at this event. If you wish to put your name forward as Regional Convenor please also email the chairman requesting your name be registered for this role.
The chairman's email address is kenneth@energyefficiencyassociation.co.uk