{"id":37888,"date":"2023-10-20T17:31:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37888"},"modified":"2023-10-20T17:31:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:31:45","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-landlords-doorstep-epcs-are-useless-wrong-and-easily-rigged-new-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37888","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (landlord\u2019s) doorstep\u2019: EPCs are useless, wrong and easily rigged &#8211; new research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-26974\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/House_icon_green.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"168\" \/>\u2018Shocking\u2019 new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged, reports <em>Landlord Today.<\/em><\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Landlord Today<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>A <em>Sunday Times<\/em> report revealed the results of sophisticated and highly detailed research by a firm called <a href=\"https:\/\/carbonlaces.com\/\">CarbonLaces<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The firm claims EPCs overestimate energy use by up to 344 per cent &#8211; yet they remain a key part of current and expected legislation affecting landlords and other home owners.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026.\u201cThe average metered gas and electricity use for all the properties studied was\u2026 91 per cent lower than what their EPCs claim\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026. \u201cThe lower the EPC rating, the bigger the overestimation&#8230;.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This inaccuracy is \u201cquite staggering\u201d says Madhuban Kumar, the founder of CarbonLaces.<\/p>\n<p>She says EPCs overestimate not only energy use but also carbon emissions\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landlordtoday.co.uk\/breaking-news\/2023\/2\/epcs-are-useless-wrong-and-easily-rigged--new-research?source=newsticker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more on <a href=\"https:\/\/carbonlaces.com\/\">CarbonLaces<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Shocking\u2019 new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged, reports Landlord Today. image for illustration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37889,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37888\/revisions\/37889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}