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Energy Performance Certificates

Asked by Pippa HeylingsLiberal DemocratMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 9 January 2026UIN 101016

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to introduce reforms to Energy Performance Certificates, in the context of the development and implementation of the Home Energy Model.

Answered by Samantha Dixon

The government consulted on reforms to EPCs to provide consumers with more useful information on the energy performance of buildings, and so that they better support our key objectives of achieving Clean Power by 2030 and accelerating to Net Zero.

We are analysing the feedback received to the consultation, and will publish a government response in due course.

The Home Energy Model (HEM) will replace the current Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) as the methodology underpinning domestic EPCs. The government expects to introduce HEM and reformed domestic EPCs in 2026.

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