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Frequently Asked Questions
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Please feel free to read the FAQ below. If you have a question that is not in the FAQ list below, feel free to send an email to info@surveyers.ie.
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What is a Building Energy Rating?
What are the implementation dates for BER Certs for New Dwellings?
What are the Implementation dates for BER Certs for All Existing Dwellings?
When is a Provisional BER Cert required?
What Buildings are exempt from having to have a BER Cert?
What is a Building Energy Rating?
A Building Energy Rating is a label, not unlike the efficiency rating given to white goods such as fridges, freezers, and washing machines. A BER indicates the energy rating of a property.
A BER is expressed in the form of performance bands from ‘A to G’, 'A' being the most energy efficient and 'G' being the least energy efficient.
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What are the implementation dates for BER Certs for New Dwellings?
The regulations apply to new dwellings for which planning permission was applied for on or after 1st January 2007.
Transitional BER exemptions will apply to new dwellings for which planning permission is applied on or before 31 December 2006, where the new dwellings involved are substantially completed on or before 30 June 2008.
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What are the Implementation dates for BER Certs for All Existing Dwellings?
From the 1st January 2009 a BER certificate must accompany an offer to sell or let a dwelling by the vendor or by the landlord or by their agent (e.g. auctioneer, estate agent, solicitor).
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When is a Provisional BER Cert required?
When the new dwelling is offered for sale “off plans”: a provisional BER certificate must be produced by the vendor to potential buyers or tenants based on the pre- construction plans;
When the same new dwelling is completed, a final BER certificate must be supplied to the purchaser, based on the plans of the dwelling as constructed to take account of any design changes during construction.
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What Buildings are exempt from having to have a BER Cert?
•National monuments;
•Protected structures;
•Places of worship or buildings used for the religious activities of any religion;
•Certain temporary buildings;
•Non-residential industrial or agricultural buildings with a low installed heating capacity (less than 10 W/m2);
•Stand alone buildings with a small useful floor area (less than 50m2)
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