Not-for-profit bodies

The definition of a large undertaking, using the definition within the Companies Act 2006, includes not-for-profit bodies which are engaged in a trade or business activity Therefore, the activities of some charities will fall within the scope of ESOS so long as they still meet the definition of a large undertaking.

Our graphs below show the average gas and electricity prices paid in the 2nd Quarter of 2014 for non-domestic consumers based on their consumption. Do these prices match with what you are paying?

Graph 1 – average electricity prices for the 2nd quarter of 2014, banded according to size of consumption.

From 2018 the Government proposes to implement Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) for rental properties so that it will be illegal to rent properties which fail to meet the minimum standards. It is expected that the minimum energy standard will be an energy rating of E on the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) from 2018. It will therefore not be possible to rent properties with scores of F & G.

Under the current rating score, this would include around 19% of the current building stock. However, when the regulations which affect the EPC rating scores also change in 2018, it is estimated that this figure will increase to around 35% due to the new regulations being more stringent.

According to the Construction Products Association (CPA), the construction industry will grow by 22% over the next 5 years.

Construction of private housing is expected to increase by 18% in 2014 and 10% in 2015. Commercial office building is expected to rise by 10% & 8% over the same period.

The ESOS scheme will operate in 4 yearly compliance phases.

The last date of each compliance phase (`the compliance date’) is the date by which all participants must have undertaken its ESOS Assessment and notified its compliance to the Environmental Agency (the Scheme Administrator).

Who qualifies for ESOS?

The scheme covers, but is not limited to, the following types of organisations.

The Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) is a mandatory energy assessment scheme for ‘large undertakings’ (and corporate groups) throughout the UK.

ESOS requires participants to: