MEES and the 2031 standard
If you let commercial property in England or Wales, the rating is a legal question rather than a preference.
- TODAY
- Band E or better to keep letting. F and G need a registered exemption. Applies to privately let non domestic property of any size in England and Wales.
- EXPECTED 2031
- Band B for privately let non domestic buildings over 1,000 square metres, where it is cost effective. Confirmed policy direction, still subject to secondary legislation. Buildings under the threshold stay at band E.
Solid bands are lettable under the expected 2031 standard. Outlined bands are lettable today. Nothing here is a prediction about your building. Add it and we will show you the band on the register and what would move it.
What applies now
It is unlawful to continue letting a non domestic property below band E without a registered exemption. An EPC is a modelled rating, not a measurement of your bills.
Cannot be let
Time limited
Modelled, not measured
What is expected
Band B by 2031 for privately let buildings over 1,000 square metres, where cost effective. That is policy direction, still subject to secondary legislation.
Band E stands
Local authority
At a lease event
Who it binds
Landlords letting or renewing in England and Wales, and owners preparing to let or sell. Scotland and Northern Ireland run different regimes.
Owner occupiers are bound indirectly. The standard does not reach you while you occupy, but it reaches whoever you sell or let to, and it prices into the asset.
What moves a rating
Only measures modelled into a non domestic assessment change the band. Battery storage, EV charging and voltage optimisation are worth doing for other reasons.
Which are exposed
The portfolio view with the exposure filter on, picking out buildings sitting at or below the standard that applies to them.
A rating at risk, or a certificate about to expire, appears on your attention list rather than in a report you have to remember to open. For landlords
See where yours sit
Add a building and we will show its rating, its expiry, and what would move it.