Operating in Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire & London

Typical heat loss areas of a house

With the introduction of Home Information Packs (HIPs), all home sellers and buyers will for the first time have detailed information on the energy efficiency of the house they are buying or selling. The Domestic Energy Assessment (DEA) will produce an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) which will not only rate the existing energy efficiency and carbon footprint of the house, but also provide a potential rating and three recommendations for moving towards this. These recommendations are often relatively inexpensive, easy to implement and have a quick economic payback.

The average home owner would save around £300 in fuel bills by making their home more energy efficient

However, with 27% of the UK’s carbon emissions coming from our homes the implementation of these recommendations become a wider issue than simple economics, we need to start reducing the country’s carbon footprint.

The Energy Assessment takes about one hour, depending on the size of the property, and includes the following:

A visual inspection of the outside of the property
A visual inspection of each room within the property
Measurements taken internally and/or externally
A visual inspection of the loft space
An assessment of the basement or cellar if one is present
An assessment of adjoining corridors or stairwells in flats
Access will be required to mains or bottled gas, electric meters, fuel or oil supplies
Inspection of boilers, hot water cylinders, controls and central heating systems
A visual check of the lighting within the home
An assessment of the glazing fitted in each room (double or single glazing)
Wall thickness will be measured by opening windows or doors in most rooms

Energy assessment and assessor in Camberley, Farnborough, Farnham, Fleet, Aldershot, Woking, Bracknell, Yateley, Basingstoke, GU9, GU10, GU11, GU12, GU13, GU14, GU15, GU16, GU17, GU18, GU19, GU20, GU24, GU46, GU47, GU48, GU51, GU52, RG12, RG27, RG40, RG41, RG45, RG46, SL1, Surrey Hampshire Berkshire London SW EC NE NW SE

The Energy Performance Certificate is broadly similar to the certificates found on many domestic appliances and is a compulsory document in the Home Information Pack.

A Domestic Energy Assessment has to be carried out by a qualified Domestic Energy Assessor (DEA) who produces an Energy Performance Certificate for a building, this gives the building an asset rating based on its energy efficiency, but doesn't take into account how the home is used by the occupiers. The Certificate will give the building a rating from ‘A’ to ‘G’. An ‘A’ rating shows it's very efficient, meaning lower fuel bills, while ‘G’ is inefficient, meaning higher fuel bills. The Certificate will also show the building's environmental impact by indicating its carbon-dioxide emissions.

Why do we need Domestic Energy Assessments?

Why choose me to carry out your assessments?

Cris van Weelen of CvW Associates is ideally situated to carry out the assessments for you at a very reasonable fee.

· As I am an independent operator working from an office at home with no direct overheads I am able to keep my fees low so I can charge only £50 for a one or two bedroomed property within a five mile radius of central Camberley, this increases by £10 outside of this area.

· I am a building professional being a member of the Chartered Institute of Building

· I have trained as a building surveyor and therefore have a good knowledge of the structure of buildings.