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Energy Performance Certificate (United Kingdom)

Index Energy Performance Certificate (United Kingdom)

Energy performance certificates (EPCs) are a rating scheme to summarise the energy efficiency of buildings in the European Union. [1]

36 relations: Affordability of housing in the United Kingdom, Boiler, Borough of Milton Keynes, Building insulation, Building Research Establishment, Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, Computer program, Directive on the energy performance of buildings, Domestic energy assessor, Durham County Council, Efficient energy use, Energy Cities, Energy efficiency in British housing, Energy policy of the European Union, Energy policy of the United Kingdom, Environmental degradation, Global warming, Government of the United Kingdom, Home energy rating, Home Information Pack, Hot water storage tank, House energy rating, Housing Act 2004, Insulated glazing, Listed building, Loft, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, National Home Energy Rating, Peak District, Radiator, Rating scale, Renewable Heat Incentive, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Software, Transposition (law), Window.

Affordability of housing in the United Kingdom

Affordability of housing in the UK reflects the ability to rent or buy property.

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Boiler

A boiler is a closed vessel in which fluid (generally water) is heated.

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Borough of Milton Keynes

The Borough of Milton Keynes is a unitary authority area and borough of the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire.

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Building insulation

Building insulation is any object in a building used as insulation for any purpose.

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Building Research Establishment

Building Research Establishment (BRE) is a centre of building science in the United Kingdom, owned by charitable organisation the BRE Trust.

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Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere

Carbon dioxide is an important trace gas in Earth's atmosphere.

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Computer program

A computer program is a collection of instructions for performing a specific task that is designed to solve a specific class of problems.

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Directive on the energy performance of buildings

The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) is the European Union's’s main legislative instrument aiming to promote the improvement of the energy performance of buildings within the Community.

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Domestic energy assessor

A Domestic Energy Assessor (DEA) is an accredited position in the UK that is approved by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).

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Durham County Council

Durham County Council is the local authority of the non-metropolitan County Durham (i.e. excluding the ceremonial county's boroughs of Darlington, Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees, which have their own unitary authority councils) in North East England.

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Efficient energy use

Efficient energy use, sometimes simply called energy efficiency, is the goal to reduce the amount of energy required to provide products and services.

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Energy Cities

Energy Cities is the European Association of local authorities in energy transition.

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Energy efficiency in British housing

Domestic housing in the United Kingdom presents a possible opportunity for achieving the 20% overall cut in UK carbon dioxide emissions targeted by the Government for 2010.

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Energy policy of the European Union

Although the European Union has legislated in the area of energy policy for many years, the concept of introducing a mandatory and comprehensive European Union energy policy was only approved at the meeting of the informal European Council on 27 October 2005 at Hampton Court.

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Energy policy of the United Kingdom

The current energy policy of the United Kingdom is set out in the Energy White Paper of May 2007 and Low Carbon Transition Plan of July 2009, building on previous work including the 2003 Energy White Paper and the Energy Review Report in 2006.

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Environmental degradation

Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems; habitat destruction; the extinction of wildlife; and pollution.

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Global warming

Global warming, also referred to as climate change, is the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects.

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Government of the United Kingdom

The Government of the United Kingdom, formally referred to as Her Majesty's Government, is the central government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Home energy rating

A Home Energy Rating is a measurement of a home’s energy efficiency.

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Home Information Pack

Under Part 5 of the Housing Act 2004 a Home Information Pack (HIP, on lowercase letters: hip), sometimes called a Seller's Pack, was to be provided before a property in England and Wales could be put on the open market for sale with vacant possession.

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Hot water storage tank

A hot water storage tank (also called a hot water tank, thermal storage tank, hot water thermal storage unit, heat storage tank and hot water cylinder) is a water tank used for storing hot water for space heating or domestic use.

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House energy rating

The house energy rating (HER) is a standard measure of comparison by which one can evaluate the energy efficiency of a new or an existing building.

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Housing Act 2004

The Housing Act 2004 (c 34) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Insulated glazing

Insulating glass (IG), more commonly known as double glazing (or double-pane, and increasingly triple glazing/pane), consists of two or three glass window panes separated by a vacuum or gas filled space to reduce heat transfer across a part of the building envelope.

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Listed building

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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Loft

A bunk bed loft can be an upper storey or attic in a building, directly under the roof (US usage) or just a storage space under the roof usually accessed by a ladder (British usage).

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is the UK Government department for Housing, communities and local government in England.

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National Home Energy Rating

The National Home Energy Rating Scheme (NHER) is both a UK accreditation scheme for energy assessors and a rating scale for the energy efficiency of housing.

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Peak District

The Peak District is an upland area in England at the southern end of the Pennines.

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Radiator

Radiators are heat exchangers used to transfer thermal energy from one medium to another for the purpose of cooling and heating.

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Rating scale

A rating scale is a set of categories designed to elicit information about a quantitative or a qualitative attribute.

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Renewable Heat Incentive

The Renewable Heat Incentive (the RHI) is a payment system in England, Scotland and Wales, for the generation of heat from renewable energy sources.

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Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is a professional body that accredits professionals within the land, property, construction, and infrastructure sectors worldwide.

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Software

Computer software, or simply software, is a generic term that refers to a collection of data or computer instructions that tell the computer how to work, in contrast to the physical hardware from which the system is built, that actually performs the work.

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Transposition (law)

In European Union law, transposition is a process by which the European Union's member states give force to a directive by passing appropriate implementation measures.

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Window

A window is an opening in a wall, door, roof or vehicle that allows the passage of light, sound, and air.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Performance_Certificate_(United_Kingdom)

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