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Recyclist writes:
A neighbour who wants to be an Energy Assessor has just EPC'd my house
as part of his training.

I got an F...

This is not just sour grapes because I failed, but the whole thing
appears to be an exercise in futility. Nothing is learned and no
useful advice is given. The software is rubbish - it can't cope with
my wall construction, floor construction, or central heating system.

Apart from the natural desire of politicians to heap cost and
legislation on us, does anyone believe their is any point to EPCs?

None whatsoever.

The whole thing was a waste right from the start, but it had to
be drammatically dummed down when they saw the very low skillset
of the applicants. For some reason, the government thought builders
and others familiar with building construction or energy use would
apply. What they actually got was a load of unemployed people with
no knowledge of building construction or energy usage, and with
the deadline for HIPs and almost no approved energy assessors, they
had to turn the assessment into a dum ticklist for the clueless.

Just look on it as an extra tax to keep a set of people off the
unemployment figures, and you won't go far wrong.

--
Andrew Gabriel
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