Housing associations, managing agents and inspection companies working in Cardiff run EPC programmes under Wales'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).
Cardiff Council is the local housing authority. Every private landlord and letting agent in Wales must be registered and licensed through Rent Smart Wales, which Cardiff Council hosts on behalf of Welsh local authorities, and homes must be fit for human habitation under the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue authority.
Rows of Victorian terraces in areas such as Cathays and Splott sit alongside post-war council estates, and social landlords here work to the Welsh Housing Quality Standard 2023, which sets decarbonisation and quality targets beyond the older standard.
Wales has a stricter long-term energy target for social homes than the legal minimum for lettings. The Welsh Housing Quality Standard 2023 requires heating capable of reaching SAP 92 (EPC A) and, in the interim, SAP 75 (EPC C) by 31 March 2030. Landlords had to complete a Whole Stock Assessment and Target Energy Pathways by 31 March 2027, with all stock confirmed as meeting the standard by 31 March 2034. Carbon is measured separately through an Environmental Impact Rating of 92 across the whole stock. Fabric measures come first, and works must follow PAS 2035. For private lets, the Rent Smart Wales Code of Practice, as published in 2015, requires adverts to show the Energy Performance Indicator and an EPC dated within the last ten years to be given before occupation. Welsh Government expects to review WHQS 2023 within three years of April 2024, so targets may change.
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 Cardiff stock in mind.
Cardiff is in Wales, 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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