Energy Certificate in Cáceres **FREE!**
If you’re here, it’s likely that you need to or are looking for information on how to get an Energy Performance Certificate in Cáceres.
At Área Home, we handle it for you through our Certifying Technicians, in and around the city of Cáceres.
The Energy Efficiency Certificate—or more commonly known as Energy Performance Certificate—has a validity period of 10 years and you’ll need it for both renting and selling your home or premises.
Next, we’ll go into detail to try to clear up all your questions.
What is the Energy Performance Certificate?
Royal Decree 235/2013, dated 5 April, establishes the requirement to provide building buyers or users with a energy efficiency certificate issued by a technician qualified to carry out this task, which must include objective information about a building’s energy efficiency, along with reference values such as minimum energy efficiency requirements, so that owners or tenants of the building or of a unit within it can compare and evaluate its energy efficiency.
In this way, by assessing and comparing the energy efficiency of buildings, the promotion of buildings with high energy efficiency and investments in energy saving will be encouraged. In addition, this Royal Decree helps inform people about CO2 emissions from energy use originating from emitting sources in the residential sector, making it easier to adopt measures to reduce emissions and improve the energy rating of buildings.
How do you request an Energy Performance Certificate in Cáceres?
Very easy: if you need to request an Energy Performance Certificate for your home or premises in Cáceres, just get in touch with us and you won’t have to worry about anything.
We’ll call you to schedule a visit to your property with our certifying technicians.
How long does it take to issue an Energy Performance Certificate?
It may depend on our technicians’ workload and the size of the property, but generally, from the moment the technician visits the home, the certificate is available within a maximum of 48 hours.
Do you have to register the energy performance certificate with the Junta of Extremadura?
The answer is YES, and there is also a fee for that registration, though it isn’t high—you should know this. Registration fees are around €24.
Who has to pay for the Energy Performance Certificate: the seller or the buyer?
Obtaining it, and therefore covering the cost of the Energy Efficiency Certificate, is the responsibility of the owner of the property being sold or rented.
What is the price of the Energy Performance Certificate in Cáceres?
The price of the Energy Performance Certificate in Cáceres may vary depending on the size of the property. You should also consider whether the technician needs to travel from central Cáceres to other towns—if so, depending on the distance, a travel cost may be added.
In any case, if you need to know the exact price of the energy performance certificate, contact us.
Also, if you arrange the sale of your home with us, we’ll GIVE IT TO YOU FOR FREE!
Definitions of the Energy Performance Certificate:
Energy efficiency certification of an existing building or part of it
A process in which compliance with the obtained energy efficiency rating is verified using the calculated or measured data of the existing building or of part of it, and which results in the issuance of the energy efficiency certificate for the existing building.
Energy Efficiency Certificate for an existing building
Documentation signed by the competent technician that contains information on the energy characteristics and the energy efficiency rating of an existing building or part of it.
Energy efficiency of a building
Calculated or measured energy consumption that is estimated to be necessary to meet the building’s energy demand under normal operating and occupancy conditions. This will include, among other things, the energy consumed for heating, cooling, ventilation, domestic hot water production, and lighting.
Energy efficiency label
A mark that indicates the energy efficiency rating level achieved by the building or building unit. The label must be included in all offers, promotions, and advertising aimed at the sale or rental of the building or building unit.
Who can issue an Energy Performance Certificate?
· Competent technician: A technician who holds any of the academic and professional qualifications that enable them to draft projects or direct building works and the execution of building works, or to carry out projects for their thermal installations.
Purpose and aim of the Energy Performance Certificate
The purpose is to promote energy efficiency through the objective information that must be provided to buyers and users regarding the energy characteristics of buildings, in the form of an energy efficiency certificate that allows its performance to be assessed and compared.
Which properties are required to have an Energy Performance Certificate?
New-build buildings.
Existing buildings or parts of buildings that are sold or rented to a new tenant, provided they do not already have a valid certificate.
Buildings or parts of buildings in which a public authority occupies a total usable floor area of more than 250 m2 and which are regularly frequented by the public.
Which properties are not required to have an Energy Performance Certificate?
The following are excluded from the scope:
Buildings and monuments officially protected because they form part of an area declared as such, or due to their particular architectural or historical value.
Buildings or parts of buildings used exclusively as places of worship and for religious activities.
Temporary constructions with a planned usage period of equal to or less than two years.
Industrial, defense, and agricultural buildings, or parts of the same, in the portion intended for non-residential workshops, industrial processes, defense-related, and agricultural activities.
Detached buildings or parts of buildings with a total usable floor area of less than 50 m2.
Buildings purchased for major renovations or demolition.
Existing residential buildings or parts of buildings whose use is less than four months per year, or else for a limited time within the year, with an expected energy consumption of less than 25% of what would result from using them throughout the whole year, provided that this is stated via a responsible declaration by the property owner.
Validity, renewal, and updating
The energy efficiency certificate will have a maximum validity of ten years.
The competent body of the Autonomous Community of Extremadura responsible for building energy certification will set the specific conditions to proceed with its renewal or updating.
The building owner will be responsible for renewing or updating the energy efficiency certificate in accordance with the conditions established by the competent body of the Autonomous Community of Extremadura. The owner may voluntarily proceed with its update when they consider that changes have occurred in aspects of the building that could modify the energy efficiency certificate.
Infringements and penalties
Failure to comply with the provisions contained in this basic procedure will in all cases be considered an infringement in relation to the energy efficiency certification of buildings and may be sanctioned in accordance with the provisions of the legal rules that apply.
