Given the permanent ambiguity presented by different paragraphs of Royal Decree 235/2013 (Basic Procedure for Energy Certification of Buildings) the Community of Madrid has become hands to work to specify and improve different aspects of the aforementioned Royal Decree through a new order that complement a regulation that since its implementation has aroused many heartaches and disputes between certifying professionals of the industry.
From the Community of Madrid, among the most that are intended to be improved in the process of energy certification of the new order we can highlight:
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The energy efficiency certificates of buildings of the Community of Madrid will comply with the provisions of Royal Decree 235/2013, of April 5. They will be issued by competent technicians after the corresponding taking of data carried out "in situ" by the technician himself or by a assistant technician with training qualification professional, as established in the aforementioned Royal Decree 235/2013, of April 5.
It should be recognized that before the “picaresque” of some professionals in the sector it was necessary to add the tag line… “In situ" to completely eradicate a bad practice in the work of the certifying technician who is assuming a reduction considerable in the price of the report. as given, which remember, it is the only Community that has highlighted this point in the transposition of the Royal Decree (Access to information for each Autonomous Community in the process of energy certification)
Another noteworthy point of the order is Chapter III (Information and advertising. Energy label) where we can review:
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Although it seems obvious, in our daily work we have already found any cases where the client has informed us that the certificate is being made after the writing, where in the mass it was outlined that the seller would contribute such a report to the new owner…. ?
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In informative brochures, in real estate portals, in agency windows real estate and other similar means may be reduced or make the tag bigger, as long as you keep the format and proportions and is legible. Likewise, it may show, instead of the label, only the scales chromatics and the values that appear in its central part, called “Rating Scale Energetic”.
In press announcements it will suffice with Mention the energy rating in emissions of the property.
In the sale announcement posters or rent that are placed outside the buildings, in which only a telephone of contact together with the indication of sale or rent, the label does not need to be included nor the energy rating.
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Undoubtedly, in terms of publicity, it was necessary to improve and define concretely the Real Decree. The Official College of Architects of Madrid (COAM) recalled in its statement of allegations to said Order, the importance of the standard referring to an 'in situ' data collection to clarify the obligation to visit the client's property.
The question is simple from many professionals of the sector… Why from the beginning, the Royal Decree 235/2013 did not clarify the points above mentioned? It is and was necessary to provoke controversies, disputes and discontent between the professionals in the sector.
Proposal of the new order… HERE.
COAM's pleadings brief... HERE.
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Author: Pau Seguí.
