| For the protection of consumers and UK residents, | | | | rented, under construction, or of mixed use. |
| the United Kingdom has instigated a system of | | | | An energy assessor needs to meet two criteria in |
| certified energy assessor professionals to measure | | | | order to practice. The first is the energy assessor |
| the efficiency of the energy use in each of its | | | | qualification, a document of energy inspection that |
| residences. The focus and the mission behind the | | | | shows technical competence. In the process of being |
| legislation is to encourage both residential and | | | | updated by the National Occupational Standard, the |
| commercial installation and use of green energy and | | | | qualification will be approved by the national |
| renewable energy resources. | | | | Qualifications and Curriculum Agency. |
| Each certificate for each energy assessor has to be | | | | An energy assessor also needs accreditation. |
| produced by those with the federal government has | | | | Accreditation may be possible in several |
| determined qualified and competent to do so. The UK | | | | specializations such as construction, commercial and |
| government is still evaluating additional measures to | | | | residential. The scope of qualification will cover many |
| verify the competence of each energy assessor. | | | | energy inspection areas. An energy assessor will be |
| At this point in time, the legislation in the UK for | | | | evaluated in his or her assessment of energy |
| evaluating an energy assessor says that she or he | | | | performance, perhaps in buildings under construction, |
| must be suitably competent or qualified to produce | | | | in rental properties or in single family homes, for |
| an energy assessment. By suitably qualified the | | | | example. Each energy assessor is only allowed to |
| legislature means someone who has experience and | | | | conduct energy inspections in the area or areas |
| or learning and training equal to the requirements of | | | | covered by her or his current accreditation and |
| the National Occupational Standard regulations for | | | | qualification. |
| that occupation. | | | | Additional limitations may be placed on an energy |
| An energy assessor of the UK government is going | | | | assessor beyond the types of dwellings or |
| to have the responsibility of completing primary tasks | | | | circumstances. An energy assessor might, for |
| that relate to the newest of the United Kingdom | | | | example, be determined certified for a specified |
| measures for energy efficiency. While energy | | | | number of years, after which he or she might have |
| assessment is now offered by various organizations, | | | | to retrain, upgrade his or her skills and or retest for a |
| only a portion of these energy assessors are actually | | | | new certification. |
| trained and have earned an Energy Performance | | | | Several companies in the United Kingdom have the |
| Display Certificate. This certificate is what gives them | | | | approval of the Secretary of State to oversee the |
| the authority to call themselves an accredited energy | | | | accreditation for energy assessors who wish to |
| assessor. Each energy assessor must know and | | | | evaluate the energy efficiency of existing structures. |
| follow the newest version of the UK governments | | | | These companies are RICS, Northgate, NES, Elmhurst |
| National Calculation Methodology. There are several | | | | and BRE. Many labour unions offer classes and |
| different methodologies, dependent on whether a | | | | certification and recertification training for energy |
| structure is residential and or about to be sold or | | | | assessors as well. |