Case studies
Commercial EPC engagements
Selected examples of commercial EPC work — each with client type, property, requirement and outcome. Identifying details are removed unless publication has been agreed.
Multi-site retail
National retail portfolio — coordinated EPC renewals
A retail operator with 140 units across England, Wales and Scotland held certificates lodged by several different providers, with expiry dates spread unpredictably across four years. We built a single register of every demise, grouped the renewals geographically and reassessed 62 expiring units over two quarters. Nine units originally rated F were re-rated D or better once lighting schedules and heating plant data were evidenced, removing the need for MEES exemptions.
Office
Central London office refurbishment — pre-letting EPC
A 4,800m² multi-let office was being refurbished floor by floor ahead of marketing. Fan-coil cooling and a central chiller placed the building at Level 4, and each floor required its own certificate for separate letting. Working from the as-built M&E records and commissioning data rather than defaults, the completed floors lodged at band B, which the agent used directly in the marketing particulars.
Industrial
Regional warehouse estate — expiring EPC audit
An investor acquiring a 23-unit distribution estate needed certainty on compliance before completion. We audited every lodged certificate, identified four units with no valid EPC and two assessed as whole buildings rather than individual demises, and completed the outstanding assessments in a single week of site visits. High-bay LED replacement was modelled as the priority measure for the three weakest units.
Hospitality
Boutique hotel group — portfolio compliance
Eleven hotels, several in listed or conservation-area buildings, needed a consistent compliance position ahead of a refinancing. Assessments were carried out across all sites to a common methodology, and for the two properties where consented improvements were constrained we documented the position so the lender could see the constraint and the planned measures side by side.