Air Conditioning Inspection Reports must be lodged on national register

racplus.com - 3rd May 2011

From 1 July 2011, all Air Conditioning Inspection Reports produced for systems in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will need to be lodged on the national register. All systems with an effective rated output over 12kW need to be inspected.

There are tens of thousands of air conditioning systems used in England Wales and Northern Ireland. The great majority are of more than 12kW rated output and they should all have been inspected by 5th January 2011 (or within 5 years if installed after 1st January 2008, and slightly different dates apply in Northern Ireland).

Yet some landlords and occupiers just aren't bothering with inspections. Inevitably some systems are using more energy than they need, without delivering effective cooling to the end users.

The introduction of mandatory lodgement is a good opportunity to make clients aware of this new requirement, reminding them that they have a duty to have systems inspected and encourage them to get on and do it. For those that think its a burden, not a benefit, then they might be interested in recent case studies which show how they can pay for themselves within months.