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• Energy Assessment
• Energy Assessors & qualifications

Planning, building and the environment

Energy Assessors & qualifications

Only accredited and suitably qualified energy assessors can carry out an energy assessment.

The skills needed are defined in the National Occupational Standards which can be downloaded from the Asset Skills Energy Assessors website.

To be an assessor you need to join an accreditation body (see Accreditation page) and be suitably qualified or have the relevant experience or competence.

There are different types of assessors to cover the changes being rolled out. These are highlighted below and include information on qualifications and training.

The following bodies currently offer qualifications in energy assessment. For further details of their qualifications and approved assessment centres contact them directly:

• ABBE
  www.abbeqa.co.uk
  0121 331 5174
• NFOPP (NAEA awarding body)
  www.nfopp.co.uk/qualifications
  01926 417774
• City and Guilds
  www.cityandguilds.co.uk
  0207 294 2800

In this section

• On-Construction Domestic Energy Assessor (OCDEA)
• Commercial (Non-Domestic) Energy Assessor
• Operational Ratings Assessor (Production of Display Energy Certificates)
• Air Conditioning System Energy Assessor
• Domestic Energy Assessor - Existing Buildings

Related downloads

• Approval of Energy Assessors Accreditation Schemes - exisitng dwellings
  PDF, 75 kb
• Accreditation Scheme Approval - existing dwellings
  PDF, 87 kb
• Minimum Requirements for Energy Assessors - existing dwellings
  PDF, 67 kb
• Domestic Energy Accreditation Schemes - existing dwellings
  PDF, 24 kb
• Application Form - Energy Assessor Accredatation Schemes - existing dwellings
  MS Word, 89 kb
• Approved Prior Experience and Learning route to Energy Assessor Accreditation - existing dwellings
  PDF, 18 kb

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Related publications

• Energy Assessor Accreditation Standards and Minimum Requirements - Other than Existing Dwellings

  • Published: 26 October 2007
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment