BUILDING ENERGY RATING ACCESSORS

Connemara BER is a totally independent company providing Building Energy Ratings (BER) certification on all RESIDENTIAL and COMMERCIAL properties that are constructed, sold or leased throughout Co. Galway and Co. Mayo. We aim to provide exceptional service and we use the latest technology to ensure that we do so. We can help you to not only acquire the appropriate Building Energy Rating on your property but we can also ensure that you are aware of a vast number of energy saving tips that can reduce your heating and electricity bills. The energy performance of buildings directive was adopted into Irish law at the beginning of 2006 with a further 3 years being allowed for the phased implementation of BER Assessments.

As of the 1st January 2009 every residential or commercial building offered for sale or rent will require a BER. Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) has been designated as the issuing authority with the responsibility for the registration or BER Assessors, logging of BER assessments and ongoing management of the BER scheme, for more information please visit www.sei.ie/ber. It has been recognized that in the European Community building energy consumption accounts for approximately 40% of the total energy consumed by final users (ie. Private public enterprises and households) and one of the key roles of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EBPD) 2002 is aimed at improving energy performance in residential and non-residential buildings both new and existing.

There are certain buildings that do not apply and therefore do not need a BER certificate and these are:-

1. Protective structures
2. National monuments
3. Buildings used as places of worship
4. Temporary buildings
5. Standalone buildings with a total floor area of less than 50 sq. meters
6. Non residential agricultural buildings with an installed heat capacity that does not exceed 10 watts per meter squared which is W/mē and industrial buildings with an installed heat capacity that does not exceed 10W/mē