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News Items 2014
F-Gas
regulations HCFC phase out - Important announcement by Chemical
Compliance Team, National Trading & Regulatory Services,
Environment Agency.
Dec 14,
2014 By JD | Category:
F-GAS R22 HFCs
ACI Reports continually monitor upcoming Legislation changes
and how these will affect our clients. We have been advising
on the rollout of R22 replacement programmes for some years
now; the deadline is now here. The Environment Agency has
just sent out its final reminder, which is attached, and we
would encourage all equipment Operators to read the advice.
Our TM44 surveys have been carrying advice and warning
notices since 2009 and continue to do so. Having a TM44
Report undertaken (which is mandatory), will highlight any
R22 present, and in getting this in place not only would
make a client TM44 compliant, but also provide added value
notes on R22.
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Environment
Agency call ACI Reports to discuss ESOS.
Dec 11,
2014 By JD | Category:
ESOS
ACI Reports
We at ACI Reports were delighted to receive a phone call on
8th December from the Environment Agency, who had carefully
read the content of the ESOS section on our website. The
positive discussion included E.A. stating that they were
trawling the internet and calling up various Organisations
to talk about web-site content, and asking for minor
corrections.
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TM44 Survey Renewals due in 2015.
Dec 09,
2014 By JD | Category:
Air
Conditioning Inspections
2015 is the year when the first wave of TM44 Surveys will
need to be undertaken once again as part of any Companies
TM44 renewal programme. The Legislation came in during 2009
for buildings with over 250kW of output but the main date
which will affect these Air Conditioning Assessment Renewals
will be January 2015. Clients should be mindful that the
size of the systems within one building (cumulative) dropped
to 12kW on 1st January 2010, so the 5 years that ACI
Certificates are valid for are now due up.
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Government
Pushes ESOS - Ed Davey addresses ESOS at London Roadshows.
Dec 08,
2014 By JD | Category:
EPBD
Energy Secretary Ed Davey has this week guaranteed
businesses’ energy audits will go to “the people who need to
hear it”.
Speaking to businesses at one of the Energy
Saving Opportunities Scheme (ESOS) roadshows in London, he
said the audits will be seen by board members.
He
said: “One of the whole purposes of ESOS is to try to give
the information to the people who need to hear it.
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Mandatory TM44 Air Conditioning
Inspections Renewals due in 2015 – act now.
Nov 17,
2014 By JD | Category:
Air
Conditioning Inspections
TM44
Air Conditioning Inspections which were commenced in 2009
(250kw and above) have all become due once again in 2014 as
part of the 5 year renewal process, and now as we approach
2015 those clients who were compliant before the 12kw
deadline of 30th December 2009 should be planning their
renewal programme. ACI Reports undertook many AC reports
(TM44s) in those early days when Air Conditioning
Inspections (ACIRs)first started and our client base has
continually grown ever since. Many smaller “one man band”
Assessors have fallen by the wayside, as predicted, and no
longer offer an AC inspection service. ACI Reports have also
long pointed out to clients that the old CIBSE “Word” type
documents have been done away with, and there is only one
way to comply and that is using the Landmark Register and
their own Landmark DCLG software.
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ESOS (Energy
Savings Opportunity Scheme) lack of Lead Assessors – don’t worry
says ACI Reports, we have it sorted
Oct 27,
2014 By JD | Category:
EPBD
A number of companies
will already have their energy use audited under schemes
such as ISO50001, which is likely to bring this ratio down.
However some industry figures are sceptical all firms
will get ESOS compliant in time for the deadline, 31
December 2015.
On Friday, Chief Commercial Officer at
energy consultancy Inenco, Dave Cockshott warned of “a
significant risk that demand for assessors with expert
sector knowledge could outstrip the numbers currently
available”. ACI Reports think this is incorrect, the lead
Assessor role is being overstated, it’s the building survey
issue that will cause delays due to inaction.
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How do I
find a suitable ESOS Lead Assessor? – update at September 2014
Sep 22,
2014 By JD | Category:
EPBD
As at September 2014
none are properly qualified, despite what is being touted
around the internet, the training courses are not fully set
yet and the TM (Technical Manual) has not been released by
the Environment Agency, so the courses cannot know the
detail of what is required. Talk to Chris Rodgers at ACI
Reports and we will give you facts and proposed dates for
launch.
Who’s going to carry out my ESOS audit?
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Large
organisations - prepare yourself for a stack of energy policies
which only seems to lengthen – the new ESOS scheme is about to
bite!
Sep 10,
2014 By JD | Category:
EPBD
ADECS, CRC, EU ETS,
CCAs, TM44s, Energy Act 2018 and now ESOS – that’s a lot of
Legislation to get your head round!
Each of these
schemes calls for an understanding of energy consumption in
some form or other. But with ISO 50001 being recognised
internationally as the best practice method for managing
energy, having a certified EnMS will put you in a great
position to comply with these and any other future schemes.
Its expensive though, and on-going. ACI Reports cuts through
all that complex stuff to make things simple, reports Jack
Davies.
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ISO 14001
Revision Gathers Momentum
Jun 25,
2014 By JE | Category:
Air
Conditioning Inspections
ACI Reports are able
to reveal that the revision of ISO 14001, the international
environmental management system standard, is set to progress
to the next stage with the latest “overwhelmingly positive”
ballot on the latest draft. This brings in more
Environmental influence and will mean that more ISO14001
Auditors will pull up Companies that do not have a TM44 Air
Conditioning Inspection on all their air conditioning
equipment, leading to Air Conditioning Assessments being in
place.
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ESOS (Energy
Saving Opportunity Scheme) Update;
Jun 20,
2014 By JE | Category:
EPBD
We at ACI Reports
have previously made our clients aware of potentially
significant legislation changes with regard to energy
monitoring and use, the ESOS (Energy Saving Opportunity
Scheme 2015). This piece of legislation is gathering pace
fast, and this short news update follows latest ESOS
developments;
We also provide below a commentary on
potential issues and concerns on implementation, in addition
to our TM44 and EPC work, all of which is starting to become
connected. Green Deal Assessments on commercial buildings
will also affect the enterprises caught by ESOS. We can
undertake Green Deal Assessments for commercial buildings if
required.
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ESOS gears
up for Assessor Accreditation, ACI Reports advises Clients
Apr 15,
2014 By JE | Category:
EPBD
The Energy Savings
Opportunity Scheme (‘ESOS’) is a new regulation being
introduced to comply with Article 8 of the European Energy
Efficiency Directive and will come into force in 2014. In
line with Article 8 of the Directive, the scheme will
require all large enterprises in the UK to undertake energy
efficiency audits by December 2015, and thereafter at least
once every four years. Details of the Government’s proposals
were published in a Consultation Document in July 2013 as
monitored by ACI Reports, who will be training staff
Assessors as soon as training criteria is established.
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Further
sudden increase in compliance activity surrounding TM44 Air
Conditioning Assessments.
Mar 18,
2014 By JD | Category:
EPBD
As a follow up to ACI
Reports disclosing the activities between Sterling
Accreditation and DCLG yesterday, whereby DCLG have asked
for disclosure of Trading Standards offices who are not
enforcing the EPBD legislation, further correspondence has
now come to light. We attach a letter from Sterling to
Trading Standards offices, which is a Freedom of Information
request (FOI).
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Step change
in TM44 Compliance – DCLG to put pressure on Trading Standards
towards ramping up compliance action.
Mar 17,
2014 By JD | Category:
EPBD
ACI Reports have on
12th March had sight of a letter between an Accreditation
Body who represent the Government (DCLG) and DCLG
themselves, regarding ACIRs (Air Conditioning Inspection
Reports).
A copy of the letter is attached to this
bulletin and we note that it states “If there is evidence
that any local weights and measures authority is electing
not to enforce the Energy Performance of Building (England
and Wales) Regulations 2012, including those regarding air
conditioning reports, then they may be in breach of their
statutory duty, and at risk of judicial review”. ns.
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New 2014
Part L Building Regulations focus on Sustainability and Air
Conditioning Legislation toughens
Feb 24,
2014 By JD | Category:
EPBD
ACI Reports
compliance division has long informed its Clients that the
TM44 is only part of what will occur in the strengthening of
Regulations on air conditioning, amongst other things. This
bulletin deals with recent 2014 Part L Building Regulation
changes which will affect Design Stage EPCs shortly, and as
specialists in Air Conditioning Legislation in addition to
EPC solutions, we are always ready to supply up to date
information. The Governments target is Zero Carbon
Buildings.
Changes to Part L of the Building
Regulations April 2014 have now taken place, and this is
part of the significant move to Zero Carbon Buildings. .
There is now a target of 9% improvement on Part L 2010 for
commercial buildings. The Government also announced that it
would shortly be consulting on the next steps to Zero Carbon
Homes and also on delivering Allowable Solutions.
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The
British Retail Consortium proposals for the UK business rates
system to be linked to energy usage.
Feb 24,
2014 By JD | Category:
EPBD
The British Retail
Consortium has last week produced proposals for the complete
reform of the UK business rates system. These options could
ensure that customers continue to benefit from competition,
provide positive incentives for retailers to invest in
property, support the regeneration of the high street and
create more jobs. ACI Reports see this as more support for
the Government to ensure compliance through EPCs and TM44
Air Conditioning Assessments.
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The British
Retail Consortium (BRC) launch targets; their report includes a
pledge to reduce carbon emissions by 25 per cent by 2020.
Feb 10,
2014 By JE | Category:
EPBD
Other new targets
include a commitment to cut emissions from refrigeration
gases by 8 per cent by 2020.
The report details the
new set of targets and commitments on environmental
sustainability to 2020. Signatories are committed to the
targets which represent half of UK Retail businesses, by
turnover.
The BRC said UK retailers had made
“significant progress” in reducing their impact on the
environment. She said: “Retailers will continue to keep this
momentum going: they recognise that it makes business sense
and delivers real environmental benefits as well as value
for their customers.”
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New EU
Regulations on refrigerants
Feb
07,
2014 By CR | Category:
F-Gas
New EU Regulations
mean that millions of air conditioning and refrigeration
systems in the UK and across Europe are to be caught out,
and need to take measured action on equipment change over
time.
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Hampshire
County Council Trading Standards set out their stance on TM44
Air Conditioning Compliance
Jan
02,
2014 By JE | Category:
TM44
Enforcement
In a statement issued
by Hampshire County Council on their website in 2013, they
show that they mean business when looking at those Companies
which do not have their mandatory Air conditioning
Inspection Reports in place. ACI reports have been
supporting businesses in Hampshire to avoid what could be
serious fines, and believe that planned approaches to TM44
compliance are the answer, not reacting to a £300 fine,
which could be weekly for each building found without a
certificate.
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Northern
Ireland has been taking TM44 Compliance very seriously in 2012
and 2013
Jan
02,
2014 By JE | Category:
TM44
Enforcement
ACI Reports is one of
the largest TM44 consultancies operating throughout both
Northern and Southern Ireland, and has direct experience of
the way Air Conditioning Assessments have been policed and
monitored throughout the region in recent years. The retail
sector has been a particular target, and much is explained
in the Department of Finance and Personnel Department
website
(http://www.dfpni.gov.uk).
DFPNI are clearly
seeking to encourage mandatory TM44 A/C inspections to be in
place, as they state;
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