CIBSE ESOS scheme is up and running

CIBSE Certification is among the first to be approved by the Environment Agency to operate a register of lead assessors for the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS). An important Government initiative to encourage improvements in the energy performance of buildings, ESOS introduces mandatory energy audits for larger companies and is estimated to apply to nearly 10 000 business and up to 200 000 buildings.

The ESOS lead-assessor register has been approved as a subset of the CIBSE low-carbon-consultants register. CIBSE low-carbon consultants can apply to be assessed for adding to the ESOS lead assessors register

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