‘Shocking’ new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged, reports Landlord Today.
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Landlord Today writes:
A Sunday Times report revealed the results of sophisticated and highly detailed research by a firm called CarbonLaces.
The firm claims EPCs overestimate energy use by up to 344 per cent – yet they remain a key part of current and expected legislation affecting landlords and other home owners.
CarbonLaces compared the EPCs of more than 17,000 homes with their actual use, as logged by smart meters every half hour for at least 300 days, to calculate their energy bills.
….“The average metered gas and electricity use for all the properties studied was… 91 per cent lower than what their EPCs claim….
…. “The lower the EPC rating, the bigger the overestimation….”
This inaccuracy is “quite staggering” says Madhuban Kumar, the founder of CarbonLaces.
She says EPCs overestimate not only energy use but also carbon emissions….
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