Our home inspection covers a detailed evaluation of energy usage, insulation, and potential renewable energy solutions.

The duration of an inspection varies depending on the size and complexity of the property, but it typically takes a few hours to complete.

Energy efficiency not only reduces your utility bills but also minimizes environmental impact, enhances comfort, and increases property value.

The energy performance of a domestic building is graded on both an A - G scale (G being the lowest rating and A the highest) and a numerical scale (1-20 being the worst and 92+ being the best achievable scores). The grade that you receive is known as the Energy Efficiency Rating, and factors such as the property’s construction and heating can affect your final rating in addition to the standardised assumptions about occupancy numbers and individual energy use. To rent out your domestic property legally it must achieve at least an E rating on it’s EPC.

If your EPC results in a low rating the EPC software will create a generic Recommendations Report on ways to improve the energy efficiency of the property, however this report suggests ways that MAY work for your property based on similarly based properties. This means that there is no guarantee that these software generated recommendations will improve the rating of your property. On top of this, the recommendations may not be the easiest or most cost efficient ways of bringing up the rating.

If you are looking for assured ways to raise the rating of your property’s EPC then Ecosmart Energy can advise on cost effective improvements. We use the raw data collected from your EPC survey to create various scenarios in the EPC software continuously until we find the most cost effective and time efficient ways to bring your rating up to the necessary score for your purpose.

From a legal point of view if you are a property owner/landlord you do not have an EPC for your property at the appropriate times then you are liable to pay a fine. These fines can be issued from either your district council or the Department of Finace.

From a monetary point of view then having an up to date EPC is important as it can help guide money saving improvements for your home or commercial property.

EPCs are an important step in the right direction for meeting the Scottish Government target, which aims to have cut the UKs emissions to net zero by 2045. This target is helping make the necessary changes to help battle global warming and all of the other environmental issues caused by greenhouse gas emissions.