# The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2025, Regulation 8: Energy performance certificates


(1) An energy performance certificate for a building or building unit must include—
(a) in the case of a building or building unit which is a domestic property—
(i) a heat retention rating,
(ii) a heating system rating,
(iii) an energy cost rating,
(b) in the case of a building or building unit which is a non-domestic property—
(i) an energy performance rating,
(ii) an energy use rating,
(iii) a direct emissions rating,
(c) in all cases the information mentioned in paragraph (2).
(2) The information is—
(a) a statement that information on measures which could be taken to improve the energy performance of the building or building unit is contained in the property report for the building or building unit,
(b) the address of the building or building unit,
(c) the report reference number for the energy performance certificate,
(d) the date on which the energy performance certificate was issued,
(e) the type of heating system,
(f) whether the building or building unit is located within a heat network zone on the date on which the energy performance certificate was issued.
(3) An energy performance certificate must either—
(a) be issued by an energy assessor who is accredited to produce energy performance certificates for the category of building or building unit to which the certificate relates, or
(b) be produced from data entered on a register following a request for disclosure of that certificate made by virtue of regulation 16.
(4) An energy performance certificate and its related property report for a building or building unit cease to be valid on the earlier of—
(a) the expiry of a period of 5 years from the date on which the energy performance certificate was issued,
(b) the date on which another energy performance certificate for the building or building unit is subsequently issued.
(5) An energy performance certificate must not contain any information or data from which a living individual (other than the person issuing it or that person’s employer) can be identified.
(6) Certification for newly constructed property may be based on the assessment of another representative property where—
(a) the representative property is of similar design, size and actual energy performance quality, and
(b) the energy assessor issuing the energy performance certificate has confirmed in writing that this is the case.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2025/9780111063866/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-energy-performance-of-buildings-scotland-regulations-2025/regulation-8
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.