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Home Information Packs or HIPs are a set of documents which relate to a property which is on the market for sale. These need to be created by the property owner
Posted: 2010-02-07
Category: Home Improvement
Owning a business means that a lot of responsibility rests on your shoulders and now, thanks to the introduction of EPCs for all buildings with a useful floor space of 1000m2 you have the added responsibility
Posted: 2010-02-07
Category: Home Improvement
At the moment there is a huge demand for Energy Assessors as it is now the law that most residential properties which are put on the market for sale require a Home Information Pack and the EPC is one of the essential documents within the pack.
Posted: 2010-01-28
Category: Home Improvement
A full index which details all documents contained within the Home Information Pack - this will form a comprehensive checklist which can be used by estate agents, enforcement authorities, buyers and sellers.
Posted: 2010-01-14
Category: Home Improvement
Commercial EPCs are now required on all buildings which have over 1000 m² of useful floor area and which are used by members of the public and public authorities.
Posted: 2010-01-14
Category: Home Improvement
Saving energy is an area that many people are concerned about, the Government particularly so which is why they have pledged to cut carbon emissions by up to 50% by 2020.
Posted: 2010-01-02
Category: Home Improvement
HIPs (Home Information Packs) have been in existence now for over 18 months and from 6 April 2009 all properties are being sold need to have one by law.
Posted: 2010-01-02
Category: Home Improvement
Anyone who is selling a home will have heard of the Home Information Pack or HIP as it is also known. These are relating to the property that you are selling and they are now compulsory for the majority of homes that are on the market for sale in England and Wales.
Posted: 2010-01-02
Category: Home Improvement
Training through Accreditation Schemes can be developed to maintain Quality Assurance Procedures which in turn assist assessors in the production of EPCs for dwellings which are similar.
Posted: 2010-01-02
Category: Home Improvement
Many social landlords out there will have properties which are very similar to each other, such as blocks of flats. With these types of properties in mind there are now production methods for EPCs which account for multiple properties which are similar to each other.
Posted: 2010-01-02
Category: Home Improvement
One of the important areas of the recent strategies for tackling climate changes is the European Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings or EPBD.
Posted: 2010-01-02
Category: Home Improvement
Display Energy Certificates are certificates which all buildings with areas over of 1000 m² which are in use must have, by law. These certificates show how much actual energy usage a building requires to run successfully,
Posted: 2010-01-02
Category: Home Improvement
With the Government committed to reducing carbon emissions as close to zero by the year 2020 there are several initiatives that are now in practice regarding energy assessments and commercial properties. There are various ways in which this now affects private owners of leased or rented properties which includes homes and business. This also includes commercial units and industrial buildings within the UK.
Posted: 2009-12-23
Category: Home Improvement
Display Energy Certificates (DECs) are certificates which give a building an energy rating based on the actual energy consumption of the particular building. All buildings which have over 1000 m² of useful floor space which are occupied or partially occupied by an institution (schools, universities, hospitals, colleges etc), by a public authority or which are regularly by members of the public require a DEC. When a DEC has been produced it then needs to be displayed in a highly prominent positio
Posted: 2009-12-23
Category: Home Improvement
Buildings in the UK are responsible to nearly 50% of the country’s carbon emissions and energy consumption. This is a staggering figure and with this in mind the Government has been taking positive steps in trying to reduce carbon emissions to 0 by the year 2050. To achieve this figure there are things that owners of residential and commercial properties need to do – and one of them is to look at how to improve the energy performance of their buildings.
Posted: 2009-12-18
Category: Home Improvement
