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<p>EPCs are a widely used measure of the energy performance of buildings, both in
the residential and commercial sectors, and are a key tool in promoting energy efficiency
improvements to buildings.</p><p> </p><p>The EPC Call for Evidence ran from 26 July
2018 to 19 October 2018 and sought evidence on how EPCs performed against three attributes:
quality, availability, and encouraging action to improve energy efficiency. The forthcoming
Call for Evidence Summary of Responses will outline the responses received from the
Call for Evidence, including on effectiveness of EPCs.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this,
an EPC Action Plan will build on the views expressed as part of the Call for Evidence,
alongside government policy work, to set out a series of actions which the government
will take forward to maximise the effectiveness of EPCs as a tool for the future.</p><p>
</p><p>The Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) and Reduced Data SAP (RdSAP) methodologies
which underpin EPCs provide accurate and reliable assessments of the Energy Efficiency
Rating (EER), an indicator of the assumed energy cost per square metre of a home,
and the Environmental Impact Rating (EIR), an indicator of the carbon dioxide emissions
intensity per square metre, of a home. They are updated regularly in line with updates
to Part L of the Building Regulations. We will keep the ratings we use under review
as we develop policies and plans for improving the energy efficiency of homes and
reducing fuel poverty, including those in rural areas.</p><p> </p><p>The Clean Growth
Strategy also committed to ‘phase out installation of high carbon fossil fuel heating
in buildings not connected to the gas grid, starting with new build, during the 2020s’.
In 2018 we ran an extensive programme of engagement with industry and consumers, to
seek views on how industry, government and consumers could work together to phase
out the installation of high carbon fossil fuels from homes and businesses off the
gas grid, and we will be consulting on proposals in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We will
publish a Heat and Buildings Strategy in due course which will set out the comprehensive
set of action to decarbonise buildings, joining up approaches to improving energy
efficiency of the building stock and the roll-out of low carbon heating.</p>
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