TM44 Air Conditioning Inspections

TM44 Air Conditioning Inspections are required for buildings where air conditioning systems have a combined total cooling capacity greater than 12kW and these inspections must be carried out every 5 years by an accredited air conditioning energy assessor.

Our air conditioning inspections will help you avoid costly penalties.

The penalty for failing to having an air conditioning inspection report is fixed at £300 and are a legal requirement under The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections (England and Wales) Regulations. Trading Standards will enforce the penalty per building that are repeatable at Trading Standards discretion.

Only reports that have been produced and lodged by an accredited air conditioning assessor are valid reports and there are two types of inspections that can be offered depending on the type of air conditioning systems installed in your building.

Level 3 inspection focuses on simple systems such as packaged split systems installed in a naturally ventilated building.
Level 4 inspection is required for buildings that contain more complex systems such as mechanically ventilated buildings.

All of our air conditioning energy assessors are fully accredited with many able to deliver both level 3 and level 4 assessments and we offer nationwide coverage as required.

The benefit of air conditioning inspections

The Inspection is designed to improve the efficiency, energy consumption, operating costs and carbon emissions of the air conditioning systems installed in your building.

Low cost or no cost inspections

Although there is no legal requirement for you to act on the recommendations made on our report, many of the saving opportunities we will identify will be low cost or no cost changes, which can be implemented quickly and inexpensively and the savings made will often cover the cost of your inspection.

Your air conditioning inspection report will include the following information:

Executive summary and key recommendations.
The efficiency of the system and suggestions for improvement.
Any faults identified during the inspection and suggested actions.
The adequacy of equipment maintenance and any suggestions for improvement.
The adequacy of the installed controls and control settings and any suggestions made for improvement.
The size of the installed system in relation to the cooling loads and any suggestions for improvement.

A non-invasive survey process

Our air conditioning inspection is a non- invasive process and will include examination of the building’s refrigeration equipment, controls and sampled in accordance with the regulation requirements. Our assessor will also determine the equipment’s suitability in size to manage cooling loads and review system documentation. For more information about air conditioning requirements the Department for Communities and Local Government have produced A Guide to Air Conditioning Inspections for Buildings.