Why are they doing it – wasn the previous system OK?
There’s two main reasons for this. Firstly the Government has been trying for some years to change the conveyancing system – it’s commonly thought to be one of the most inefficient in the world (it’s also one of the cheapest though) – they’ve been looking into doing this for the last 10 years. Secondly, a few years ago the Government signed up to the Kyoto protocol which basically says we’ve got to reduce our emissions by 2010. Now in order to reduce emissions you’ve got to measure them first, so that’s what the EPC is all about – measuring the energy efficiency of our housing stock. Many people think that on the back of this will come a number of green policies/taxes linked to the energy efficiency of your house – we’ve seen a few in the budget over the last few years, but I think a lot more will come along once we’ve got this measurement system in place.
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