►WHAT IS THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATE?
The Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is an official document issued by a competent technician, which contains information about the property’s energetic features.
The energy certification grades buildings energetically calculating the annual energy consumption needed to satisfy its energetic demand in normal conditions of use and occupation. This is achieved considering, among others, the consumption of the heating, water heating and cooling systems, as well as the ventilation and lighting conditions.
The certification process finishes with the expedition of the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) and the allocation of an energy label. The energy grading scale is composed of 7 letters, from A (the most energetically efficient) to G (least energetically efficient). This label expresses the energy grading of a property, assigning it one of those letters.
►WHO CAN ISSUE IT?
The Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) must be issued by certifying technicians who must have the academic and professional qualification that authorises them for the realisation of building projects or site management of building works or their thermal installations. This means that, currently, only architects, architectural technicians or engineers are authorised to issue them.
►IS IT REQUIRED TO SELL OR RENT A PROPERTY?
Yes. The Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) must be part of the basic information that the owner provides the buyer or tenant. Therefore, it must be available before executing the transaction.
►IS IT NECESSARY TO REGISTER THE CERTIFICATE?
If you wish to sell or rent the property, it is required that your Energy Performance Certificate be registered in the Register set up by the Government of the Balearic Islands. This is a mandatory procedure that you can carry out yourself or delegate to us (+info). If you delegate this procedure to us, we will need you to provide an authorisation (we will send you the document for you to return signed).
►IS IT NECESSARY TO MAKE A CHANGE OF HOLDER?
This may be necessary if, during the registration of the Energy Performance Certificate, it is found that an existing certificate is already in place. In the early years, it was quite common for Energy Performance Certificates to be registered in the name of the certifying technicians or any other person. At present, Energy Performance Certificates must be registered in the name of the property owner/s, and a document proving ownership must be provided. If the holder of the previous Energy Performance Certificate does not match the current property owner, it will be necessary to change the holder before registering the new certificate.
This is a mandatory procedure that you can carry out yourself or delegate to us. If you delegate this procedure to us, we will check whether it is necessary based on the data you provide us about the current property owner. If there are multiple owners, it is advisable to provide us with the Foreigners’ ID No. (NIE) / Tax ID No. (NIF/CIF) of each of them, as the previous certificate may have been registered in the name of any one of them.
If it is necessary to change the holder, we will need you to provide the following documents:
- Proof of property ownership (Deed, Land Registry note, IBI Property Tax receipt, or formal statement of responsibility).
- Copy of the ID, Foreigners’ ID No. (NIE) / Tax ID No. (NIF).
- Authorisation (we will send you the document for you to return signed).
Once the procedure is completed, you will receive an electronic confirmation notification. It is not necessary for you to access it. If you wish to do so, you will need to use an electronic certificate, a password system, or a European digital identification system.
►WHAT IS THE ENERGY LABEL?
The energy label shows a property’s energy ranking, following a 7-letter scale from A (the most energetically efficient) to G (least energetically efficient). Among other data, this label also gives information of the annual energy consumption. It is mandatory to include the label in any kind of advertisement aimed at the renting or selling of a property.
►WHAT VALIDITY DOES IT HAVE?
The energy performance certificate and its corresponding label have a validity of 10 years for A-, B-, C-, D-, E- and F-rated homes, and of 5 years for G-rated homes. In any case, the owner can proceed voluntarily to its actualisation when considering that there have been modifications in the property that could change the grading.