CIBSE  supports the proposals for mandatory lodgement of Air Conditioning Inspections, following on from the CLG consultation “Making Better Use of Energy Performance Certificates and Data” issued last week.

Implementing a mandatory lodgement requirement for Air Conditioning Inspections would bring increased clarity to the market place and ensure that all accredited energy assessors are on a level playing field. Lodgement in a central register would provide trading standards officers with information on which buildings have not been inspected.

There are currently no legal requirements for air conditioning reports to be lodged on a central register, although all must be lodged with the inspector’s accrediting body. Until a mandatory requirement is in place, accreditation schemes can choose whether or not to lodge their inspectors' reports with Landmark.

Bryan Franklin, CIBSE LCC Steering group chairman, said: “Air conditioning inspections already have the lowest compliance rates, well below 5%, and if these issues are not resolved, it is difficult to see how the industry can increase compliance and how the carbon emissions reductions expected from the introduction of air conditioning inspections can be delivered.”

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