Display Energy Certificates

Display Energy Certificates (DECs) are designed to show how efficiently a building is being used.  They are very similar to the energy ratings that you might have looked for on the last fridge or washing machine that you bought.  They are required to be displayed, by law, on any public buildings greater than 1000 m² that are accessed by the public.  Under the legislation, students are members of the public, so this covers a large number of our buildings.  Failure to display the certificates could result in a fine from the Trading Standards Agency.

View our table of  Display Energy Certificates 2011 

As you can see from the above table, our best building is 'C' rated.  Although this is above average, we would like to move a building into the 'B' category and perhaps even higher.  In fact, we aim to improve the score of as many buildings as possible.  There are many ways to achieve this, we feel the best way is to reduce the amount of energy used by the building.  Some of the projects that you might be interested to be involved in include:

• HECMP (Higher Education Carbon Management Programme)
• Green Impact Awards
• Building lighting and insulation improvements
• Student Switch Off campaign
• Improving monitoring and targeting to provide building occupants a better understanding of their energy use

If you would like to get more involved in reducing the energy consumption of your building or make suggestions, please contact eest@reading.ac.uk.