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Landlords will have to Upgrade Energy Efficiency or Else...

Energy Performance Certificates in UK

Although installing insulation and upgrading the overall energy efficiency of a household has proven more than useful over the years, there are still people that are not convinced and believe that insulation and energy efficiency measures are only an additional expense and risky investment. This especially goes for landlords who are renting their properties and are not willing to invest into even though such investments may result in higher rental and ease up the renting process.

Well, unfortunately for all the landlords that are not ready to insulate and invest into their home energy efficiency, such investments and upgrades will have to be made in the upcoming few years. In accordance with the Energy Act, it will not be permitted to rent both residential and business premises unless they have at least Energy Performance Certificate Rating, as from April 2018. This basically means that, in order of being able to rent the property and contract a payable rent, the landlords will have to additionally upgrade their properties, in case the issued Energy Performance Certificate has a rating below E.

Thus, if you are planning on constructing a building or a house that you will rent, it is best to incorporate insulation and other energy efficiency measures in the construction phase and get the necessary rating. On the other hand, if you are already renting a house that does not fulfill prescribed standards, then you should consider implementing some measures and save yourself some trouble later on. Some of the measures that we can recommend are:

  • firstly some less expensive and less invasive ones, that will not disturb potential tenants, such as draft proofing or replacing your lighting with more energy efficient technology, like LED lights and
  • secondly, add thermal insulation to your home since there is no better way to contribute to your home’s energy rating then through insulating your cavity walls, adding loft insulation or even considering external wall insulation.

Send us your EWI project requirements and we'll quote you on the whole EWI system, including our high quality Ceresit renders. Visit Insulation Shop and take a look at the products you can use for your insulation project.