Background
Based on the recent past of the legislation on the energy efficiency certification:
ROYAL DECREE APPROVING THE PROCEDURE BASIC FOR THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY CERTIFICATION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS
There is still talk of “existing buildings”. It was regarded as the transposition of Directive 2002/91/EC and as a second part of RD 47/2007 for the certification of new buildings construction.
ROYAL DECREE PROJECT TO APPROVE THE BASIC PROCEDURE FOR EFFICIENCY CERTIFICATION ENERGY OF BUILDINGS
ROYAL DECREE 235/2013 OF APRIL 5. FOR WHICH APPROVES THE BASIC PROCEDURE FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF BUILDINGS.
It is finally contemplated as a recasting of RD 47/2007, the Directive 2010/31 EU (which repeals 2002/91/CE) and the basic procedure for certification of efficiency energy of existing buildings, to create a unique law.
Reaction
The launch of mandatory regulations for from June 1, 2013, with a certain lack of clarity and somewhat "ambiguous" in some of its terms, the possible generation of an important employment exchange and the possible openness to different groups for its development, has generated three phenomena:
It is important to note that it is not possible to generalize the behavior of any of the three groups. Although yes point out, that after the approval, the conditions in the three groups have gradually degraded.
Certification platforms energy
With different operating models, although in general lines are "comparison" budgets. proceed of different routes, Engineering, Architecture, Associations, Organizations, Appraisals…Databases of technicians certifiers that they mediate and put in contact with Promoters and Owners who require a Certification.
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The data required has been evolving since February 2012.
Complete data of the technician for billing (including bank account number)
Certification:
Several cases:
Association, Professional Association
They define it as not mandatory or voluntary. In any case, the college certificate avoids sending the title. Some case of mandatory requirement.
Certificate of being up to date with the tax obligations.
Type of collaboration:
Company, Self Employed, Engineering, Real Estate, Administrator of farms, Management of Real Estate Assets, Bank, Insurers
Past approval: Collaborating Technician or Technician helper”
SRC Voluntarily “in the event that some certification requires it”
Certification courses taken .
The “Masters” in Energy Efficiency are awarded a lot and are the courses taken from the simplified options take precedence, but they are not determined as mandatory.
What procedures do you handle? Required in most cases, but with the possibility of taking a course managed or carried out by the platform itself
Do you want to take a course with us?
Area, radius of action and availability time , province, city and distance in kilometers. shifts of Morning or afternoon or both.
Number of certifications monthly….Do you accept certifications Express?
Languages:
Some cases, although more and more frequently:
Do you agree to act only as a technician for the visit to the property and carry out data collection?
Do you accept work at a fixed price for other organizations? Either this question is asked or different registration modalities. Accept jobs in packages for third parties require a fixed monthly payment, or warning that the fees will be lower and in any case will notify you in advance.
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Referred to Courses on procedures simplified CE3 and CE3X, recognized documents for the certification of existing buildings.
Approximately 60-70% of the platforms offer directly complementary courses on the management of Simplified Certification tools, either directly or through collaboration agreements with training schools. It should be noted that:
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The certifying technician receives an offer to budget, sends his budget and the platform provides the client with a list of technicians and offers. The client decides freely to who to hire Once the customer selects the technician the platform charges you the entire budget – the platform pays the technician- or a percentage as a deposit-the technician is responsible for charging the rest to the client.
In other cases, it is the technician who invoices the client and pay to the platform.
Subsequently, the system evolves and some request that it is the technician who prepares his budgets according to criteria type of building, distance and surface. This way the owner or the platform itself decides who choose based on the amounts budgeted and with this system claim that time is saved. Others do exactly what contrary. They believe that the technician should not be "guided" to the time to decide your budget.
In some cases, the platforms dictate a whole series of of extensive rules on data collection – providing data sheets of support - and about the certification processes, also giving support.
Types:
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The scale is very diverse, from very low prices to very high prices but we can get different reflections:
A.- The currently existing fork is too wide and confuses homeowners.
B.- Very low rates generate distrust.
C.- The very low prices mentioned at the beginning of the approval of the Royal Decree have begun a slight increase (5-10 €) until today. They do not cover expenses and little by little they begin to be aware that these extreme fees do not lead to Nowhere. (We speak in a generalized way
As an example, two weeks before approval, the prices required by the technicians for a 100m² flat in a block, they ranged between €80-300. Two weeks later, between €90-240.
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In anticipation of future benefits, the direct and forceful competition from the platforms certifiers.
-. Appraisers.
On behalf of the Appraisers…..“Our technicians can issue the certificate taking advantage of the visit to the property when They will do the appraisal. In this way, it is possible to optimize the final price of both the appraisal and the issuance of the certificate taking advantage of synergies” (From EL Confidential)
Currently they have been aware of the serious disadvantages of mixing and invoicing different concepts and create parallel societies for certification.
-.Great offers from portals that offer discounts important, direct discounts of up to 70% (Discounts based on what?).
Appearance of a new product to be carried out by the Technician, reports with closed price at low cost for the Technician Certifier, with specific conditions in time and others points.
Written a year ago:
…” but for the creation of jobs with high added value, or at least expand, renew and diversify the alternatives of job. Just a few days ago a piece of news was published in somewhat alarming, both because of the compulsory registration or no, as for the possible change that it may produce in the professional attributions:”
“The objective set by the Executive is “strengthen the principle of freedom of access and exercise in all professional activities. It is intended to remove "the Unjustified and disproportionate barriers to the provision of professional services", which will favor competition and provision of services at a better price.”
We are on our way to providing services to a lower price, but not so much in the costs for the owners and if in the technical fees. Apart, an immediate exhaustion, of what could have been a source of work sustainable.
Article written by Luis Ruiz de la Fuente Perera (Energy Manager Architect) for Home Repair Care
