LOW CARBON ENERGY ASSESSORS EPCS
CPD Questions EPC Conventions The value of 35 m3
/hr/m2 for air permeability for existing buildings shall only be used for:
A Buildings with an accredited air pressure test result B Buildings > 500 m2 C Buildings ≤ 500 m2
buildings built to 1995 Building Regulations D Buildings built to Building Regulations pre 1995
E Buildings that are pre-1995 Building Regulations and where suitable evidence of high permeability exists
Where an electric hot water system has no storage then it should be entered as:
A An ‘instantaneous system’ with grid supplied electricity as its fuel and a seasonal efficiency of 70%
B An ‘instantaneous system’ with grid supplied electricity as its fuel and a seasonal efficiency of 100%
C ‘Stand-alone water heater’ with grid supplied electricity as its fuel and a seasonal efficiency of 70%
D ‘Stand-alone water heater’ with grid supplied electricity as its fuel and a seasonal efficiency of 100%
E ‘Air source heat pump’ with a seasonal efficiency of 2.5
Which of the following features would trigger a Level 5 assessment for a building?
A Steam distribution B Active chilled beams C Automatic blind control D A light or sun pipe E Display lighting
The use of software default values should be:
A For HVAC plant > 15 years old B For construction elements pre-1965 C For local mechanical exhaust ventilation D Avoided where possible E Encouraged to ensure consistency
When taking horizontal measurements of a building, the assessor should measure:
A From the internal face of perimeter walls, the mid-point of internal walls and the internal face of party walls
B From the internal face of perimeter walls, the surface of internal walls and the internal face of party walls
C From the internal face of perimeter walls, the surface of internal walls and the mid-point of party walls
D From the internal face of perimeter walls, the mid-point of internal walls and the mid-point of party walls
E From the mid-point of perimeter walls, the surface of internal walls and the internal face of party walls
You can post your completed questionnaire to: N Hurley, CIBSE, 222 Balham High Road, London SW12 9BS. Or to complete it online, visit
www.cibsejournal.com/cpd
64 CIBSE Journal May 2011 Bibliography
The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007
The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008
Non Domestic EPC Conventions for England & Wales Issue 2.0 (Amendment) 17 January 2011
The work of the EPC convention group is
ongoing, and there is also a DEC convention group and air conditioning convention group. CIBSE is represented on all of these, so if you are aware of anything that needs standardising in this way, or have any feedback on the existing conventions let us know by emailing Andrew Geens, QA and technical development manager, at
ageens@cibse.org To complete the online questionnare and demonstrate your understanding of the conventions please go to
www.cibsejournal. com/cpd. You can also post it to N Hurley, CIBSE, 222 Balham High Road, London SW12 9BS. Completing the questionnaire will
demonstrate that you have read and understood the conventions. If you do not complete it, we will have to contact you to establish that you have read and understood the conventions. If we are unable to do this we may be unable to continue to accredit you as an EPC assessor. If you are a CIBSE member, the fact that you
have successfully completed the questionnaire will be automatically uploaded into your CPD record. If you are not a CIBSE member you will have to update your CPD record manually to contain this information. CIBSE Guides A and B are available from the CIBSE Bookshop:
www.cibse.org/bookshop
l Andrew Geens is quality assurance and technical development manager, CIBSE Certification
built to 2002 Building Regulations built to 2002 Building Regulations and
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