Real Estate Diagnostics: Energy Performance Diagnostics (EPD)

EPD shall be performed in all dwellings (living quarters).

EPD must be initiated by the selling owner.

The EPD must be performed by a diagnoser that meets certain criteria, including certification.

That person must have taken out insurance to cover the consequences of being liable for his actions.

It must not be bound in such a way as to impair its impartiality and independence.

A tool can be used to search for a certified diagnoser:

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To perform the EPD, the diagnoser must follow a specific method.

The price of PE is not regulated, so the price may vary from one professional to another.

The EPD shall contain at least the following information:

• Identification of the dwelling and its reference surface. This surface is the living space the housing, to which are added the surfaces of heated verandas and the surfaces of heated premises for the main use of human occupation, with a ceiling height of at least 1,80 meters. The entire reference surface of the housing is considered to be permanently heated during the heating period.

• Relevant characteristics of the dwelling (or part thereof) and description of its heating equipment, domestic hot water production, cooling, ventilation and, in certain types of buildings, integrated space lighting. Each category of equipment must indicate the conditions of use and management having an impact on energy consumption.
• Indication of the annual amount of energy consumed or estimated for each category of equipment according to a conventional calculation method and assessment of this annual consumption expenditure
• Assessment of the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to the annual amount of energy consumed or estimated
• Information on renewable energy produced by permanently settled equipment used in the dwelling (or part thereof)
• Rating of the dwelling (label) Energy), or a part thereof, in application of a reference scale (ranging from A- Extremely efficient to G- extremely low performance) taking into account the climatic zone and the altitude, produced as a function of the annual quantity of energy consumed or estimated relative to the surface of the housing (or of a part thereof) for heating, cooling, domestic hot water production, lighting and heating, cooling, domestic hot water and ventilation auxiliaries
• Rating of the dwelling (label) Climate), or a part thereof, in application of a reference scale (ranging from Low GHG emissions to G- very high emission) taking into account the climatic zone and the altitude, achieved as a function of the amount of greenhouse gas emissions related to the surface of the housing (or part thereof) for heating, cooling, domestic hot water production, lighting and heating, cooling, domestic hot water and ventilation auxiliaries
• Recommendations to improve the energy performance (e.g. window insulation) of the dwelling with an assessment of their cost and efficiency. These recommendations shall not result in an increase in the amount of greenhouse gas emissions related to the annual amount of energy consumed or estimated in the dwelling
• Latest periodic boiler inspection report or annual maintenance certificate
• Assessment of the capacity of the dwelling (or part of it) to provide thermal comfort in summer.

The EPD should mention that the diagnoser has the necessary skills to perform the diagnosis.

You can consult the detailed content that must be included on the EPD.

The diagnoser assumes responsibility in case of incorrect EPD, unless the error is due to the fact that the seller has voluntarily communicated false information concerning the accommodation or its equipment.

The purchaser may to appeal to the court of the place where the dwelling is located to request damages or the cancelation of the sale.

Seller must embed EPD in the technical diagnostic documentation (DDT) and hand it over to the future purchaser.

In addition, the diagnoser must transmit the EPR results to the Ecological Transition Agency (Ademe):

Transmission of energy performance diagnosis (EPD) to Ademe

The diagnoser may be fined €1,500 if it does not forward these results to the Ademe.

The Ademe then issues an identification number to the diagnoser, which will be entered on the EPD. Without this number, the POE is invalid.

The diagnoser must pass this number on to the seller.

The seller must provide the purchaser with an EPD established since up to 10 years on the date of the promise to sell or on the date of the authentic instrument of sale.

However, EPDs performed between 1^er january 2018 and 30 June 2021 are not valid until 31 december 2024. Those made from 1^er july 2021 are valid for 10 years.

Mandatory information differs depending on the source of the advertisement.