by Rebecca Walker — April 23, 2010—The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) has launched a campaign urging compliance with Energy Performance in Buildings and F-Gas regulations.
With rates of compliance of Air Conditioning Inspections at less than 5 percent (compared to 80 percent for Display Energy Certificates and 70-75 percent for Energy Performance Certificates), CIBSE believes it is time to take action and bring this to the attention of government.
CIBSE President Elect, Rob Manning, explains: “The non-compliance costs campaign aims to bring together the many voices of frustration and concern to form one united call for action. We need to raise the issue of non-compliance up the Government agenda and promote the benefits of increasing compliance rates. Non-compliance has real costs; it costs the environment, it will cost the U.K. any chance of meeting the emissions targets and it costs non complying companies who are missing out on a real opportunity to increase their profits.”
The charter will spell out the costs of non-compliance and lays out simple steps which are vital if air conditioning inspection compliance rates are to improve. Supporters will also have the opportunity for greater involvement through downloading letters to send to prospective candidates and subsequently to their MPs, as well as to local papers.
For more information, see the CIBSE Web site.
