Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards -1 April 2020
The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales)
Regulations 2015 introduce measures to improve the energy efficiency
of private rented property under the Energy Act 2011.
Part Two of these Regulations allow the tenant of a private rented
property to request permission from their landlord to make energy
efficiency improvements in the property they rent.
Part Three of the Regulations outline that private sector landlords must
not grant a new tenancy of a property (including an extension or renewal),
nor continue to let the property (on an existing tenancy) after 1 April
2020, where the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is below the
minimum level of energy efficiency for private rented properties of band E.
Paul Howells