Inspections required are as follows:
Air conditioning systems where the total system cooling capacity is greater than 12kWr (whether in dwellings or non-dwellings) will be inspected at intervals not exceeding 5 years.
The inspection will include an assessment of efficiency, a review of their sizing and advice on improvements or replacements and alternative solutions. All systems require first inspection by January 2011. These measures apply only to fixed air conditioning systems, they do not apply to portable equipment
Air-conditioning systems with an effective rated output of more than 12kW
Where the relevant person has the power to control the temperature of more than one individual air-conditioning unit in a building, each unit shall be considered to be a component of a single air-conditioning system. “effective rated output” means the maximum calorific output specified and guaranteed by the manufacturer of the system as being deliverable during continuous operation while complying with the useful efficiency indicated by the manufacturer.
Inspections of air-conditioning systems
It is the duty of the relevant person in relation to an air-conditioning system to which this Part applies to ensure that the system is inspected by an energy assessor at regular intervals not exceeding five years. The first inspection of the system must take place before the relevant date.
(a) where the sy.stem is first put into service on or after 1st January 2008, means the last day of the period of five years
beginning with the date on which the system is first put into service; and (b) where paragraph (a) does not apply: (i) in the case of a system with an effective rated output of more than 250kW, means 4th January 2009; or (ii) in the case of a system with an effective rated output of more than 12kW, means 4th January 2011
Where an energy assessor undertakes an inspection of the system they must make a written report of the inspection and give it to the relevant person as soon as practicable after completing the inspection. The inspection report must include an assessment of the air-conditioning efficiency and the sizing of the system compared to the cooling requirements of the building, and contain appropriate advice on possible improvements to the system, replacement of the system and alternative solutions. The inspection report must include the following information:
(a) the address of the building in which the system is located; (b) the name of the energy assessor; (c) the name and address of the energy assessor’s employer, or, if they are self-employed, the name under which they trade and the trade address; (d) the date on which the inspection occurred; and
(e) the name of the approved accreditation scheme of which the energy assessor is a member. The relevant person must keep the most recent inspection report made by an energy assessor.
Where the relevant person changes, the previous relevant person must give to the new relevant person any inspection report kept by them under this regulation.
Where on or after 4th January 2011: (a) the relevant person changes; and (b) the new relevant person is not given any inspection report,
the new relevant person must ensure that the system is inspected within three months of the day on which he/she becomes the relevant person.