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Mike Fox
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We are tenants in all of the buildings we occupy but in each building we sublet space to other firms.I understand that from 1st October this year EPCs are required for commercial buildings and I wondered whose responsibility it is to organise the surveys and produce the certificates ?
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Kelly Mansfield - Workplace Law Network
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Mike,
In order to answer your query we spoke to Sunil Shah, who is the Technical Director and Head of Sustainability at Jacobs and has years consultancy experience within the built environment.
He advises:
"If the building has a centralised plant, it is up to the landlord as to whether they issue one EPC for the building, or for each tenanted area. They have to do one, but have a choice over which one they choose to do.
"If a building has decentralised plant – if the building is being let or sold as a whole, only one EPC is required. However, if the building is being part sold or let, an EPC is necessary for the area that is being sold or let. Therefore, if each floor is being sold or let separately, an EPC is required for each demised area.
"If the building is sub-let, the landlord has the ultimate responsibility to provide the EPC. The tenant will need to provide for their demised areas based upon the above whether the building has a centralised plant or not."
I hope this helps to answer your query.
Best wishes,
Kelly
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Colin England
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Hi Kelly
Thanks for that information - most useful.
It only remains to see if HM Governemnt changes it's mind before the 1st October.
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