Domestic and non-domestic energy performance certificates review: executive summary

Workshops

The workshops were organised around nine topics: five overarching topics and four, more specific technical issues:

Five overarching topics:

• Traditional buildings
• EPC reporting and recommendations
• SAP and RdSAP Metrics
• Non-domestic buildings
• Assessors

Four technical issues:

• Room in the roof dwellings
• District heating
• Ventilation
• Measuring windows

All four workshops were open events. The intention was to be pro-active in canvassing a diverse array of opinions to encourage discussion on these topics, and to allow feedback to be captured from each participant. Presentations on the topics were used to introduce 'evidence' of the issues, to seek verification of the validity of the concerns, and to consolidate the research team's thinking on possible actions on EPCs going forward. The presentations by the research team were followed by facilitated discussions with the participants. Participants were asked to record any comments and/or their views of this evidence within structured workbooks to allow the research team to determine if this evidence had any bearing on consolidating or changing opinions on the effectiveness of the EPC system in Scotland. Details of the workshops and the topics covered in them are set out in Chapter 5 of the main report