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abernard102@gmail.com 2015-03-13

Summary:

" ... The Energy Performance Certificate ... Introduced as part of the abandoned Home Information Packs, the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is a measure of the efficiency of a domestic property. An assessor will create an EPC for a new property and also when an existing property is marketed for sale. They will look at a number of factors which can influence the CO2 emissions and heat loss to give a score and ultimately, an energy performance band (from A to G). On top of this, the certificate suggests ways in which the efficiency can be improved and the influence this could have on the energy costs for that property. For example, fitting solar cells or double glazing. Certificates are published by Estate Agents marketing a property and should be given to the owner of the property on sale completion as well as to any tenants looking to rent the property.  So what’s the problem? Simply put, not every property in the UK has been built or sold since the introduction of EPC’s. Therefore, not every owner or resident will know how efficient their property is today and how much money they could save on their energy bills if they made improvements ... An Open EPC dataset? Making the EPC certificates available as a single, national dataset could be part of the solution to help provide a wider understanding of energy use, consumption and costs. Currently, any EPC can be downloaded as a single PDF document – this approach locks the data down and prevents it from being combined with other information to create services that could help consumers access the right energy deal for them, understand if home improvements are worthwhile and even choose the right home in the first place ..."

Link:

http://data.gov.uk/blog/using-open-data-really-save-energy-bills

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Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.psi oa.government oa.uk oa.energy ru.sparc15 oa.data

Date tagged:

03/13/2015, 10:01

Date published:

03/13/2015, 12:54