Document downloads - Commercial EPCs
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Transmission factor correction for windows using SBEM programs
Links are provided below to tables showing the partial shading correction factors for overhangs (Fo) and fins (Ff); these are used to calculate the transmission factor of windows (TS). The tables have been produced by interpolation from tables 10 and 11 of the iSBEM User Guide (CLG, April 2009).
For more information see Fins and overhangs at http://isurv.com/site/scripts/documents_info.aspx?categoryID=298&documentID=2154&pageNumber=9 -
Constructing a data framework for measuring the energy consumption of the non-domestic building stock (RICS)
Published September 2010
This reports the results of a study commissioned by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change that investigated whether and how property and energy meter data might be combined for non-domestic energy consumption analysis. These data were combined in a 'Non-domestic Energy Efficiency Database' to describe the location and physical attributes of each property and its energy consumption. -
Negotiating options and leases for renewable energy schemes
Published June 2018
Effective from 1 July 2018
Reissued March 2023
Intended for use within the UK, this guidance is essential reading for all RICS members asked to advise in relation to renewable energy schemes.
This document provides guidance to chartered surveyors acting on behalf of landowners in relation to the negotiation of options and leases for schemes, across the full array of renewable energy technologies currently being rolled out across the UK.
The scope of this document covers the negotiation of options and leases. It is therefore assumed that the parties will have already considered the options available to them before proceeding with an option or lease. -
Climatic risk toolkit (RICS)
Published March 2015
This RICS research report and online tool help the built environment sector in 8 European countries determine the risk and impact climate change will have on non-domestic, or commercial, buildings.