Regulatory Body
Department of Finance and Personnel www.dfpni.gov.uk
Name of Regulations
Part F - Conservation of Fuel and Power. There are two Technical Handbooks:
F1 Conservation of Fuel and Power in Dwellings
F2 Conservation of Fuel and Power in Non- Dwellings.
Download Regulations Here
National Calculation Methodologies
Dwellings - SAP 2005 (New Build) / rdSAP (Existing buildings) for N. Ireland
Non-dwellings- SBEM or Dynamic Simulation Model (DSM) for N. Ireland
IES Software
Dwellings - iSAP
Simple non-dwellings – VE-SBEM (free)
All non-dwellings – VE-DSM
Public buildings – <DEC Assessor> (free)
IES Accreditation
IES training and examination certification which demonstrates software competency is offered on all products. IES has linked with key England & Wales Accreditation Schemes, which are recognised in N. Ireland: BRE, CIBSE, ecmk, Elmhurst Energy, Quidos, Sterling, Stroma and NHER who recognise our certification. Once accredited with a scheme users can automatically lodge EPCs and DECs on the national register via our software.
Different Non-dwelling EPC Levels
Energy Assessors can only lodge EPCs within their accreditation banding, which can be at one or several levels depending on their experience on the different software:
Level 3 can undertake energy inspections of existing simple non-dwellings with frequently occurring characteristics using the SBEM method. This includes IES’s VE-SBEM.
Level 4 can undertake energy inspections of new-build and existing simple non-dwellings using the SBEM method. This includes IES’s VE-SBEM.
Level 5 can undertake energy inspections of any new-build and existing non-dwellings using the DSM method. This includes IES’s VE-DSM.
