About A/C Inspections
Inspection of Air Conditioning Systems
In accordance with the (EU) European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
all air conditioning systems with an effective rated output of more than 12kw must
be regularly inspected by an Energy Assessor. The inspections must be a maximum
of five years apart.
The first inspection of the regulated air-conditioning systems are to be carried
out as follows:-
- For all systems first put into service on or after 1 January 2008, the first inspection
must have taken place within five years of the date when it was first put into service.
- For other air-conditioning systems, where the effective rated output is more than
250kW the first inspection must have happen before 4 January 2009.
- For other air-conditioning systems, where the effective rated output is more than
12kW the first inspection must happen before 4 January 2011.
If the person in control of the air-conditioning system changes after 4th January
2011 and the new person in control is not given an inspection report, the new person
in control of the system must ensure the air-conditioning system is inspected within
three months of the day that person assumes control of the system.
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