Making wider uses of EPCs and DECs

In a consultation paper entitled Making better use of Energy Performance Certificates and data the Department for Communities and Local Government is proposing making a much wider use of the rules relating to Energy Performance Certificates and Display Energy Certificates, including requiring EPCs for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) when rooms in the buildings are rented out, requiring EPCs for short-term holiday lets, requiring property adverts to show EPC ratings, extending the use of DECs to commercial buildings and in general, making better use of the energy performance data contained in the EPC. The consultation runs until 25 May 2010.