HLS Property Services

Energy Performance Certificates

Hereford Landlord Services supply high quality Energy Performance Certificates for all types of property. Our assessors are fully accredited and qualified to carry out rdSAP, SAP and Commercial energy assessments.

What is an Energy performance certificate?

An energy performance certificate (EPC) is a requirement if you are a selling, renting or building a property in the UK.

An EPC certificate tells you how energy efficient your property is, just like the multi-coloured stickers you see on new domestic appliances tell you how energy efficient the appliance is. The ratings vary from "G", the most inefficient rating indicated with a red colour, and all the way up to "A", meaning very efficient and shown as dark green.
The purpose of the EPC certificate is to give you an indication of how much it will cost you to heat and light the property, and how much CO2 the property emits.

Landlords and Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES)

The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) came into force on 1st April 2018 and set new energy efficiency regulations for private rented properties throughout the UK. It is designed to highlight lowstandards of energy efficiency in properties in a bid to get landlords to take measures to raise them.

With the MEES in force, the lowest rating a privately rented property is allowed to achieve is an “E” - anything rated at “F” or “G” is not allowed to be rented out.

The landlord will be required to make these improvements bring a property’s rating up to “E” to a maximum of £3,500. If the property cannot be improved to that point without spending more than £3,500, they will be able to apply for an exemption.