Joining Northgate as an Energy Assessor

Following successful training, every Energy Assessor must register with an approved Accreditation scheme in order to practice.

The aim of the Accreditation scheme is to ensure that members are qualified to undertake energy assessments and operate within a code of conduct. The Accreditation scheme will be required to carry out identity and criminal records checks (for Domestic Assessors) on its members and to ensure that procedures are in place to deliver consistent and accurate energy assessments.

In Scotland Northgate are an approved Protocol Organisation. Protocol Organisations perform essentially the same role as accreditation schemes. Please see the page on working in Scotland for further details.

Accreditation schemes are required to ensure that members have suitable indemnity cover and that the quality of the energy assessments is maintained. If members of the public should have a complaint which can’t be resolved by the Energy Assessor, the Accreditation body will be able to resolve these.

Once an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) has been produced, it must be ‘lodged’ with a Government approved register. Only approved Accreditation schemes are able to lodge EPCs with the central register.

In essence,  Accreditation schemes ensure that homeowners, property owners and landlords can feel comfortable that the individuals completing energy assessments can be trusted, will operate in a professional manner and the Certificates will be of a suitable quality.

Northgate operate the following energy assessor accreditation schemes in all regions of the UK; to find out more please click on the link for the scheme you are interested in:

• Domestic Energy Assessor (DEA) - for Domestic existing properties for sale or rent
• Commercial (non dwelling) Energy Assessor (NDEA) - for Non-Domestic buildings for sale, rent or on-construction
• Display Energy Certificate Assessment (DECEA) -for Public Buildings (not required in Scotland)
• On-Construction Domestic Energy Assessor (OCDEA) - for new build domestic properties

 To see an example of our useful and regualr bulletins please click here. To see a CPD example please click here.