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Prepare for Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) B Compliance — Before It Becomes Mandatory
Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) set the legal minimum energy performance requirements for privately rented commercial buildings in England and Wales. With Government policy pointing clearly towards raising the minimum standard to EPC B between 2030 and 2035, commercial landlords face a narrowing window to prepare.
Energy Approach helps landlords, asset managers, and facilities teams identify MEES risk early, prioritise cost-effective BEMS improvements, and achieve compliance with minimal disruption.
What Is Changing?
What Is Changing?
Current requirement: EPC E minimum for leasing commercial property
Expected change: Minimum EPC B rating
Likely deadline: After 2030, before 2035
Policy driver: UK net zero commitments and carbon budgets
Scope: Privately rented non-domestic buildings in England & Wales
The direction of travel is clear: a significant proportion of today’s commercial stock will become non-compliant unless proactive action is taken.
Why MEES Is Tightening
Why MEES Is Tightening
The Climate Change Committee has advised that emissions from commercial and public buildings must fall 87% by 2040 compared to 2023 levels. Over a third of these reductions must come from energy efficiency improvements, with the remainder driven by low-carbon heating.
Raising MEES to EPC B is viewed as one of the fastest and most enforceable mechanisms available to Government to drive this change.
What This Means for Landlords
What This Means for Landlords
A large share of UK commercial buildings currently sit below EPC B
Leasing restrictions are likely for non-compliant assets
Retrofit demand, labour costs, and lead times will increase as deadlines approach
Early movers benefit from:
Lower costs
Better contractor availability
Stronger asset resilience and value protection
Some exemptions may apply where improvements are demonstrably not cost-effective, but these are expected to be limited.
How Energy Approach HelpsÂ
How Energy Approach HelpsÂ
Energy Approach specialises in practical, evidence-based MEES compliance, focusing on operational BEMS improvements first, not unnecessary capital spend.
MEES Support Includes:
BEMS and control strategy optimisation to improve energy performance
HVAC efficiency improvements and operational tuning
Retrofit planning aligned with maintenance cycles and lease events
IPMVP-aligned measurement & verification to evidence improvements
We work vendor-agnostically and focus on what actually moves EPC ratings and reduces energy use.
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