Commercial Buildings - Accreditation
Elmhurst is offering FREE Commercial Accreditation (offer ends 31st March 2010)
Overview
Elmhurst Energy Systems to operate an Accreditation Scheme for Energy Assessors that satisfies the certificates and inspections requirements of the Energy Performance of Buildings Regulations for public buildings and non-dwellings (commercial buildings).
Please note: If you are training with Elmhurst on APEL Commercial Level 4 new build or APEL Commercial DECs your training application form includes Accreditation.
In order to produce certificates in England & Wales and Northern Ireland, an individual must be a registered member of a Government approved Accreditation Scheme, such as that operated by Elmhurst Energy. The role of the Accreditation Scheme is to ensure that all certificates are produced by persons who are appropriately qualified, insured and subject to strict independent quality standards.
Elmhurst Accreditation Strands covering the commercial building sector are as follows:
- Commercial Energy Assessor Accreditation for Level 3 (existing buildings)
- Commercial Energy Assessor Accreditation for level 4 (existing & new build)
- Commercial Energy Assessor Accreditation for Display Energy Certificates (DECs)
Elmhurst operates a single CEA scheme which covers all of these strands and applicants may apply for all strands for which they are qualified. Once Accredited, members can add additional strands but will incur an administrative charge.
Accreditation Costs
The cost of accreditation has two elements, membership and a fee per report issued.
Membership Fees
Elmhurst is offering FREE Commercial Accreditation (offer ends 31st March 2010)
- Membership/Application Fee Year 1: FREE!
- Adding additional CEA strand(s): £50.00 exc VAT (one off administrative charge)
- Subsequent Annual Membership Renewal is free of charge if you have produced 25 EPC/DEC reports in the previous accreditation year.
- If you have produced less than 100 EPC/DECs in the previous Accreditation year then the renewal fee is - £99.00 exc VAT.
Please note:
If you are an existing Elmhurst Accreditation member you are entitled to a discount of: £50.00 off the membership/Application fee
As your application for Commercial Accreditation is FOC, if you are unsuccessful there will be no refund provided.
Certificate Costs (EPCs and DECs)
Elmhurst is pleased to announce a change to its pricing structure for lodgement of Non-Domestic EPCs and Display Energy Certificates. Fees will no longer be based on a flat fee basis but instead will be based on a sliding scale of the total number EPC/DECs produced.The fee per EPC decreases with increased volume. This new price structure is effective as of the 1st January 2010. Please note that fees invoiced prior to this date are not affected.
Fees are invoiced to each business (contracted party) on a monthly basis. The ‘business’ may be: an individual CEA/DEC assessor or a company employing or sub-contracting a number of CEA/DEC assessors.
New EPC Fee Structure: England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Elmhurst Scottish Protocol
| Total EPC Production* |
Elmhurst Lodgement Fee** |
| 1 - 25 |
£25 |
| 26 - 250 |
£20 |
| 251 + |
£15 |
*The 'Total EPC Production' count is aplicable per contract
**All prices shown above are exclusive of the Landmark lodgement fee & VAT where applicable
In addition to the Elmhurst fee, a standard mandatory Landmark ‘lodgement charge’ (Landmark is responsible for managing the register of EPC lodgements) is applied to each EPC produced in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This charge is collected by Elmhurst and passed to Landmark without any margin or mark up. Currently, the ‘lodgement charge’ is £5.36 (exc VAT).
In Scotland there is currently no Landmark fee; should this change, Elmhurst will collect and pass on the ‘lodgement charge’ without a margin or mark-up.
Insurance
Elmhurst Energy provides Professional Indemnity and Public Liability insurance as part of this Commercial Energy Assessor Accreditation Scheme. Please contact our Accreditation Team on 01455 883 253 as terms and conditions apply.
All CEA Application Forms
- Commercial Energy Assessor level 3, 4 and DECs Accreditation only application form - for individuals already qualified
- APEL Commercial Energy Assessor Level 3 & 4 Training & Accreditation application form
- APEL Commercial Energy Assessor for DECs Training & Accreditation application form
- Level 3 Diploma for Non-Domestic Energy Assessment training application form - new entrants
- Level 4 Diploma for Non Domestic Energy Assessment training application form - new entrants
