EPC
Homes and business premises
- Rates energy efficiency from A (best) to G
- Needed when a property is sold or rented
- Valid for 10 years from the assessment date
Find an energy certificate
Find an energy certificate for a property in England, Wales or Northern Ireland. This includes homes, business properties and public buildings.
You can use this service to find an existing:
- energy performance certificate (EPC)
- display energy certificate (DEC) for a public building
- air conditioning inspection certificate and report
Which certificate is which?
Three different certificates sit on the official register. Here is what each one covers, in plain English.
DEC
Public buildings
- Shows the energy actually used over the past year
- Required for schools, hospitals and council buildings
- Displayed publicly and renewed regularly
Air conditioning report
Cooling systems over 12kW
- Inspects how efficiently the system runs
- Flags oversized or poorly maintained units
- Renewed at least every 5 years
What you’ll see after searching
- Every address on that postcode that holds a certificate
- The current A–G rating and the score it could reach
- Property type, floor area and when the certificate expires
- The assessor’s recommended improvements and indicative costs
£0.50 · one payment
What’s included in the full EPC report
Everything on the official certificate, laid out so it actually reads well — ready for your buyer, tenant, solicitor, agent or mortgage lender.
Full official certificate copy
The complete Energy Performance Certificate as held on the government register, as a clean, printable PDF.
Current and potential A–G rating
The property's score today, the score it could reach, and the full colour band graph.
Property details
Dwelling type, total floor area, habitable rooms, tenure, inspection date and expiry date.
Assessor's recommendations
Every improvement the assessor listed, with indicative costs and the rating uplift each one gives.
Estimated running costs
Yearly heating, hot water and lighting costs now versus after the recommended improvements.
Environmental impact
CO₂ emissions, energy use per m² and the environmental impact score for the property.
How it works
Search the postcode
Every address on the official register for that postcode, listed in one place.
Open the property
See the full A–G graph, current and potential score, floor area and property type.
Order your copy
Pay £0.50 for your full PDF copy — download it instantly or have it emailed to you.
Every rating, in plain English
An EPC scores a home from A (most efficient) to G. We show the current score, the score the property could reach, and the improvements the assessor recommended with indicative costs — no jargon and no sales pages.
Learn what the bands mean- A92–100 Most efficient
- B81–91
- C69–80
- D55–68 UK average
- E39–54
- F21–38
- G1–20 Least efficient