EPC improvement works for commercial property.
If a building's energy rating is holding up a letting, a sale or a lease renewal, we carry out the works that lift it: lighting, heating, insulation, glazing and the building fabric.
- 31+ years trading
- CHAS accredited
- £10M liability cover
- Free site survey
- Fixed quote in writing
Get a price for epc improvement works
Free site survey from our Leeds or Manchester office. A written quote inside the week.
What's included.
Upgrades that lift a commercial building's energy rating: LED lighting, heating and controls, insulation, glazing and roofing. The work that gets a property to a lettable EPC.
- LED lighting upgrades
- Lighting controls and PIR sensors
- Energy-efficient heating and timed controls
- Re-roofing for better thermal performance
- Insulated cladding and overcladding
- Thermal render to external walls
- Window and glazing upgrades
- Works to an assessor's recommendations
- Phased around tenants in occupation
- Combined with dilapidations or fit-out
- One contractor across every trade
- A clear list of the works carried out
Since 1 April 2023, a privately rented commercial property in England and Wales generally needs an EPC rating of E or better, and that applies to existing leases, not only new ones. Below E, a landlord cannot carry on letting it unless a valid exemption has been registered, and the rules are enforced by local Trading Standards. The government has also consulted on raising the minimum for commercial property over time.
The rating itself has to come from an accredited energy assessor. What we do is the work in between: taking the assessor's recommendations, or our own survey of where the building is losing energy, and carrying out the upgrades that lift the score. On a warehouse dilapidation in Ossett that meant replacing the lighting throughout to improve the overall EPC. On an office in Leeds it meant energy-efficient timed heaters and LED panels. On an external refurbishment in Stourton, re-rendering in a thermally efficient product contributed towards the rating while fixing the water ingress we had been called in for.
Because we work across lighting, heating, roofing, cladding, glazing and render, one contractor can deliver the whole package of improvements rather than you coordinating four trades. And if the building is being refurbished or put back at the end of a lease anyway, the EPC work can go into the same programme, so it is only disrupted once.
Why bring us in for epc improvement works.
The work, not the certificate
We carry out the improvements. The rating comes from an accredited assessor, and we will work to their recommendations.
Every trade, one programme
Lighting, heating, insulation, roofing and glazing under one contractor rather than four separate ones.
Folded into other works
Combine EPC upgrades with a refurbishment or dilapidations so the building is only disrupted once.
Questions we get asked.
Do you carry out EPC assessments?
No. An EPC has to be produced by an accredited energy assessor, and we would always suggest an independent one. We carry out the improvement works the assessment recommends, and can work alongside your assessor before and after.
What is the minimum EPC rating to let a commercial property?
For privately rented commercial property in England and Wales it is currently E, and since 1 April 2023 that has applied to existing leases as well as new ones, unless a valid exemption is registered. Check your own position with your assessor or adviser, because exemptions and the detail vary by property.
Which improvements make the biggest difference?
It varies by building, which is why the assessment matters. On a lot of commercial units lighting is the quickest win, because older fittings use far more energy than modern LED. Heating, controls and the building fabric follow, and the right order depends on what the assessor finds.
Do you cover our area?
We work from two offices, our head office at Hunslet in Leeds and a second in Manchester, and between them they cover a band straight across the country: the North West, all of Yorkshire and the Humber, and the north Midlands down to Stoke, Derby and Nottingham. That is our day-to-day patch and most of our work is in it. Beyond that we regularly work in the North East, Cumbria and the Central Belt, and down through the wider Midlands, East Anglia and the South East, and we have delivered projects as far as Bristol. Send us a postcode and we will tell you straight away.
The badges behind every quote we send.
Jobs we have finished. Before, during and after.
All projects
Cross Green, Leeds · 9,500 sq ft
Connex 30 Office & Warehouse Fit-Out, Cross Green, Leeds
9,500 sq ft of shell fitted out end to end, from metal stud partitions and ceilings to the gas, ductwork and distribution boards behind them.
View case study
Halfway, Sheffield · 2,100 sq ft
Office, Canteen & Washroom Refurbishment, Sheffield
Two new staff canteens, three washrooms rebuilt from the walls in and a full rewire, delivered around a business that never stopped trading.
View case studyAlso under Mechanical & Electrical (M&E).
All of Mechanical & Electrical (M&E)Electrical Installations
Main switchgear and distribution boards, containment systems (tray, trunking, conduit), busbar trunking, and full commercial rewires.
Lighting & Power
Commercial LED lighting upgrades, intelligent lighting controls (PIRs and DALI), emergency lighting compliance, and small-power alterations.
HVAC
VRF and VRV air conditioning installations, air handling units (AHUs), ductwork modifications, commercial boiler plant rooms, and heat-recovery ventilation.
Data & Security
CCTV, access control, and intruder alarms.
Life Safety Systems
Fire alarm systems, dry and wet risers, and testing and certification.
Need a price for epc improvement works?
Send a spec, a sketch or just a postcode. We will come out for a free site survey and put a fixed quote in writing inside the week.
