EIC report sets out recommendations for improving non-domestic energy efficiency after Brexit

Industry group Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) warns of weaknesses in the regulatory framework designed to improve energy efficiency in commercial buildings and argues that Brexit should act as a spur to rethink the right combination of policies to reform enforcement systems in its new report, Improving non-domestic energy efficiency after Brexit.

Drees & Sommer UK Director of Energy and Sustainability, Richard Murray is a member of the EIC Carbon Management and Sustainable Buildings Working Group and contributed his expertise to the report, which is just one of a series the EIC is publishing setting out its members’ views on the impact of Brexit on environmental policy and how policy should evolve after the UK leaves the EU, covers the breadth of energy efficiency policy for non-domestic buildings.

The report, suggests:

• Reducing the period of EPC validity to 5 years and considering the methodology used to create modelled ratings.
• Setting a long-term trajectory for the MEES, setting a minimum standard of C for non-domestic buildings by 2030 and introducing the MEES at point of sale.
• Centralising existing energy data into a single platform for select public usage.
• Removing responsibility for the enforcement of energy efficiency policy from Trading Standards.

Link to the report below:

https://www.acenet.co.uk/Documents/Files/EIC%20Report%20-%20Improving%20non-domestic%20energy%20efficiency%20-%202018.pdf