Commercial EPC compliance is amazingly low, as shown by NHER research — most agents simply don’t realise the buck stops with them. Now, fast-track changes to the EPBD threaten fines worth avoiding and Trading Standards scrutiny you’d be better off without. At least there’s more than twenty seconds to comply…

The Energy Saving Trust kicks off 2010 by rolling out the Boiler Scrappage Scheme announced in the pre-budget report. It aims to improve Britain’s energy efficiency, to save people’s energy bills, and boost the gas fitting and boiler manufacturing industries. Three birds—one stone.

The scheme is not perfect, though: it missed a chance to make better use of EPC assessors, and it could even be open to a touch of abuse. All in all, is the Boiler Scrappage Scheme brilliant or flawed?