Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) reform: consultation

Footnotes

1 Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (legislation.gov.uk)

2 Climate Change Plan: monitoring reports 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

3 Heat in Buildings Strategy - achieving net zero emissions in Scotland's buildings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

4 The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (legislation.gov.uk)

5 Home Reports - Homeowners - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

6 Domestic and non-domestic energy performance certificates: review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

7 Energy Efficient Scotland: short-life working group on assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

8 Domestic Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) reform: consultation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

9 Heat in Buildings Strategy: Domestic EPC Reform Consultation Analysis Summary Report (www.gov.scot)

10 Standard Assessment Procedure - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

11 Direct and indirect emission from regulated energy use, which means heating, cooling, ventilation, hot water, and lighting

12 Modelled direct emissions attributed to regulated energy uses Direct emissions are those that arise at the point of use. Indirect emissions are those attributed to generation, such as with the generation of electricity.

13 Via an Application Programming Interface (API)

14 Home (scottishepcregister.org.uk)

15 Including indirect emissions, such as those associated with the generation of grid electricity

16 With the exception of dynamic simulation models, which are approved by UK Government

17 Approved Organisations are organisations approved by Scottish Ministers in accordance with regulation 8 of The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008. They accredit individual Energy Assessors in accordance with the Scottish Operating Framework

18 The energy market is reserved to Westminster. This includes levies added to gas and electricity bills. The UK Government is undertaking its Review of Electricity Market Arrangements which is intended to reduce the cost of electricity in the long term UK launches biggest electricity market reform in a generation - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

19 The Sixth Carbon Budget: Electricity Generation

20 Policies-for-the-Sixth-Carbon-Budget-and-Net-Zero.pdf (theccc.org.uk)

21 Progress in reducing emissions in Scotland - 2021 Report to Parliament - Climate Change Committee (theccc.org.uk)

22 Scottish Emission Targets & Progress in reducing emissions in Scotland – 2022 Report to Parliament - Climate Change Committee (theccc.org.uk)

23 Annex Reform of domestic EPC rating metrics to support delivery of Net Zero (theccc.org.uk)

24 Letter: Reform of domestic EPC rating metrics to Patrick Harvie MSP - Climate Change Committee (theccc.org.uk)

25 Letter: Reform of domestic EPC rating metrics to Patrick Harvie MSP - Climate Change Committee (theccc.org.uk)

26 Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings (recast)

27 1. Introduction - Domestic and non-domestic energy performance certificates: review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

28 Energy Efficient Scotland: short-life working group on assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

29 Domestic Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) reform: consultation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

30 Heating systems such as individual heat pumps, or connection to a heat network, or electric systems such as storage heaters which release no harmful gases into the atmosphere (direct greenhouse gas emissions) at the point of use and within the building.

31 Primary energy use measures use of energy, including losses incurred during transformation. For example, the generation of electricity from gas.

32 This is a simplification assuming “insulated” is easily defined.

33 There are situations where an EPC assessor may not be able to accurately determine this and so assumptions are made based on the approximate date of construction.

34 Domestic EPC data statistics.gov.scot : Domestic Energy Performance Certificates - Dataset to Q3 2022 Non-domestic EPC data statistics.gov.scot : Non-domestic Energy Performance Certificates - Dataset to Q3 2022

35 Smart Meter Enabled Thermal Efficiency Ratings (SMETER) Innovation Programme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

36 UK housing: Fit for the future? - Climate Change Committee (theccc.org.uk)

37 Green Building Passports: a review for Scotland (climatexchange.org.uk)