Housing associations, managing agents and inspection companies working in Birmingham run EPC programmes under England's regulatory framework. Here's what applies, how often it's due, and how local providers manage it with Kaarr.
EPCs are required under the Energy Performance of Buildings Regulations 2012, with the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard regulations making it unlawful to let domestic property below EPC E in England and Wales (subject to exemptions).
Birmingham City Council is one of the largest council landlords in England, alongside a sizeable housing association and private rented sector, so providers here often work next to a very large local authority stock.
West Midlands Fire Service is the fire and rescue authority for Birmingham.
Much of the housing is inter-war and post-war, with a notable number of tower blocks and maisonette blocks that carry communal fire safety, emergency lighting and electrical testing duties on top of the dwelling inspections.
Birmingham's licence conditions treat the EPC as a licensing document. Under the additional HMO licensing scheme, the HMO must hold a valid EPC throughout the licence, meeting the minimum energy efficiency standard in force at the time, and the certificate must be displayed in a common part of the property. Under the selective licensing scheme, which covers 25 of the city's 69 wards, each new tenant must be given a valid EPC. The council's mandatory HMO application guidance also lists an EPC among the documents needed to apply. A landlord in these areas can therefore be asked about EPC compliance by the licensing team as well as through MEES enforcement. Check the council's current conditions, as they can be revised.
The workflow, report template and scheduling for EPC are the same in every city. See how Kaarr runs EPC, then book a demo with your Birmingham stock in mind.
Birmingham is in England, so the governing framework is: Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012 · MEES 2015. EPCs are required under the Energy Performance of Buildings Regulations 2012, with the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard regulations making it unlawful to let domestic property below EPC E in England and Wales (subject to exemptions).
An EPC is valid for ten years and required whenever a home is built, sold or let. Minimum energy efficiency standards (MEES) currently require EPC E or better to let in England and Wales, with proposals to raise the bar — making portfolio EPC data a live planning tool, not a filing exercise.
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