Air Conditioning Inspections

The Energy Performance of Buildings Regulations (EPB) Act, 2007 enforced a legal obligation on companies and organisations to ensure that their air conditioning system is routinely inspected on a determined inspection date. Unlike other energy standards requirements, such as the those for Energy Performance Certificates, the EPB act ensures that air conditioning inspections are not related to sale or rental, but are instead given definite deadlines for compliance. These deadlines are as follows:
1) First inspection of all existing air conditioning systems with an effective rated output of over 250 kW cooling capacity must be completed by 4 January 2009. 2) First inspection of all existing air conditioning systems with an effective rated output of over 12 kW must be completed by 4 January 2011. 3) New air conditioning systems over 12 kW installed after January 2008 must be inspected within 5 years of being put into service…