The clock is ticking for buildings in South Africa to get and display a new certificate - but the government is trying to make it a bit easier.
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has gazetted changes to regulations that should make it easier for owners to acquire new mandatory energy performance certifications for their buildings.
The regulations were first introduced in 2020 with the aim of having all qualifying buildings adopt the EPCs by December 2022. However, after only a small percentage of buildings had obtained a certificate in time, the deadline was extended toWhile building owners still have time to comply, the DMRE now wants to make the process a bit easier.will be able to be issued by registered professionalsThe purpose of an EPC is to gauge a building’s energy efficiency.
If the qualifying building fails to display an EPC, the building owners or the presiding accounting officer will be in violation of the law and could be fined up to R5 million, face five years in prison or both.
The building owner or accounting officer would also submit a certified electric copy to SANEDI, which would then be uploaded to the National Building Energy Performance Register .
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