In England, a valid Recommendation Report is legally required to be in place before a Display Energy Certificate is issued.  Your assessor will need to lodge one if either there is no report currently on the register or if the last report has expired.  In reality, both the Display Energy Certificate and Recommendation Report are usually added to the National Register at the same time.

The Recommendation Report must be for the same building and occupier as the DEC so they should both be accessible under the same entry on the register.  It is the responsibility of the energy assessor to check the register to ensure that the Recommendation Report is in place before lodging the Display Energy Certificate (DEC).

If a DEC is being used to meet an organisation’s obligations under the Energy Saving Opportunities Scheme (ESOS) it must be accompanied by a valid Recommendation Report completed since the organisation’s previous ESOS report was finalised i.e. you can’t use the same report twice.

In Scotland, Recommendation Reports  to accompany Display Energy Certificates (DECs) are voluntary.

However, if the DEC is being used to meet an organisation’s obligations under the Energy Saving Opportunities Scheme (ESOS) it must be accompanied by a valid Recommendation Report.  This Recommendation Report must have been completed since the organisation’s previous ESOS report was finalised i.e. you can’t use the same report twice.

In Wales, a valid Recommendations Report is legally required to be in place before a Display Energy Certificate is issued.  Your assessor will need to lodge one if either there is no report currently on the register or if the last report has expired.  In reality, both the Display Energy Certificate and Recommendations Report are usually added to the National Register at the same time.

The Recommendations Report must be for the same building and occupier as the DEC so they should both be accessible under the same entry on the register.  It is the responsibility of the energy assessor to check the register to ensure that the Recommendations Report is in place before lodging the Display Energy Certificate (DEC).

If a DEC is being used to meet an organisation’s obligations under the Energy Saving Opportunities Scheme (ESOS) it must be accompanied by a valid Recommendations Report completed since the organisation’s previous ESOS report was finalised i.e. you can’t use the same report twice.

In Northern Ireland, a valid Recommendations Report is legally required to be in place before a Display Energy Certificate is issued.  Your assessor will need to lodge one if either there is no report currently on the register or if the last report has expired.  In reality, both the Display Energy Certificate and Recommendations Report are usually added to the National Register at the same time.

The Recommendations Report must be for the same building and occupier as the DEC so they should both be accessible under the same entry on the register.  It is the responsibility of the energy assessor to check the register to ensure that the Recommendations Report is in place before lodging the Display Energy Certificate (DEC).

If a DEC is being used to meet an organisation’s obligations under the Energy Saving Opportunities Scheme (ESOS) it must be accompanied by a valid Recommendations Report completed since the organisation’s previous ESOS report was finalised i.e. you can’t use the same report twice.