Public Building Assessment Certification (DEC)

• A unique user profile which stores all relevant information about their jobs
• Automated lodgement processes save time by producing the final Display Energy Certificate
• Full site, building and project databases
• Create custom portfolios including carbon footprinting and performance league tables
• Optimal OR factors including building category, location, energy consumption, building area, energy usage and occupancy variables

Prospective members will be supported throughout the course of your membership with regular auditing and technical review of your public building lodgements. A further scheme requirement is the maintenance of your professional skillset through the completion of 10 hours CPD. Stroma Certification offers regular CPD material including technical bulletins to support you.

Display Energy Certificates provide public buildings with an operational rating, in terms of energy usage, on a scale of A – G (A being the most efficient). DECs are based on the actual amount of metered energy used by the building over a 12-month period. Both a DEC and an Advisory Report are required for public buildings with a useable floor area over 1,000m2, occupied in whole, or in part, by public authorities and by institutions providing public services to a large number of persons and if they are frequently visited by members of the public. The Advisory Report outlines ways in which energy can be saved and provides recommendations that include the short, medium and long-term paybacks of various green technologies. The implementation of these recommendations would reduce the building's CO2 emissions, as well as fuel costs.

Stroma Certification's EPBD Assessor Certification scheme documents are made available to the public, applicants and certified Assessor through a downloadable members pack that contains documents including the following:
• EA Agreement-License-Terms and Conditions - To be completed for those Assessors requiring certification or alternatively the online application can be completed.
•EA Scheme Members Handbook- Documents the certification scheme processes for granting, refusing, maintaining, renewing, suspending, restoring or withdrawing certification or expanding or reducing the scope of certification.
• Impartiality Policy- Documents Stroma Certification's commitment to ensuring impartiality in all aspects of our certification and business activities. Further information is also available on the Consumer Advice page.
• Complaints & Appeals Policy - Documents how a complaint or appeal can be notified to Stroma Certification and how it will be dealt with. Further information is also available on the Consumer Advice page.
• Support Policy- Documents the means by which Stroma Certification can be contacted concerning EPBD Assessor certification or other business related activities.
•ID Photograph Requirements-Documents the format and structure needed for photos to be used to produce the applicable certification ID card.
•Fraud Identification Policy- Documents the checks carried out by Stroma Certification in identifying fraudulent activity, and how instances of fraud will be dealt with.
• Privacy Policy- Documents Stroma’s commitment and procedures for ensuring that the personal data collected and used in our certification and business activities is in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements. Further information is also available on the Data Protection page

If you are unclear on any aspect of the certification process please contact Stroma Certification by emailing info@stroma.com or telephone 0345 621 1111.