Real Estate Diagnostics: Energy Performance Diagnostics (EPD)

The primary purpose of the EHR is to assess the amount of energy and greenhouse gases in a home.

The EPD must be initiated by the owner of the dwelling selling the dwelling (the seller).

The seller must have this diagnosis performed by a certified professional.

Seller must embed EPD in the technical diagnostic documentation (DDT) and hand it over to the future purchaser.

The seller may be held liable if he does not voluntarily pass on the ECD to the future buyer. Similarly, the notary assumes his responsibility if he has validated the sale in the absence of the DPE or if he has knowledge of misleading information misleading the future buyer. The purchaser may to appeal to the court and obtain damages or the cancelation of the sale.

EPD shall be performed in all dwellings (living quarters).

The EPD must be performed by a certified diagnoser.

To find a certified diagnoser, you can consult a directory:

Find a Certified Real Estate Diagnoser

Seller who uses an uncertified diagnostic may be fined up to €1,500 (€3,000 in case of recurrence). Similarly, the diagnosers may be fined €1,500 if he exercises without certification (€3,000 in case of recurrence).

To perform the EPD, the diagnoser must follow a specific method.

The diagnoser shall report the EPR results to the Ecological Transition Agency (Ademe):

Transmission of energy performance diagnosis (EPD) to Ademe

The diagnoser may be fined €1,500 if it does not forward these results to the Ademe.

The Ademe then issues an identification number to the diagnoser, which will be entered on the EPD. Without this number, the POE is invalid.

The diagnoser must pass this number on to the seller.

The price of PE is not regulated, so the price may vary from one professional to another.

The EPD shall contain at least the following information:

• Relevant characteristics of the dwelling (or part thereof) and description of its heating equipment, domestic hot water production, cooling, ventilation and, in certain types of buildings, integrated space lighting. Each category of equipment must indicate the conditions of use and management having an impact on energy consumption.
• Indication of the annual amount of energy consumed or estimated for each category of equipment according to a conventional calculation method and assessment of this annual consumption expenditure
• Assessment of the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to the annual amount of energy consumed or estimated
• Information on renewable energy produced by permanently settled equipment used in the dwelling (or part thereof)
• Classification of the dwelling (or part thereof) according to a reference scale (label) Energy) taking into account the climatic zone and the altitude, produced as a function of the annual quantity of energy consumed or estimated relative to the surface of the housing (or of a part thereof) for heating, cooling, domestic hot water production, lighting and heating, cooling, domestic hot water and ventilation auxiliaries
• Classification of the dwelling (or part thereof) according to a reference scale (label) Climate) taking into account the climatic zone and the altitude, achieved as a function of the amount of greenhouse gas emissions related to the surface of the housing (or part thereof) for heating, cooling, domestic hot water production, lighting and heating, cooling, domestic hot water and ventilation auxiliaries
• Recommendations to improve the energy performance (e.g. window insulation) of the dwelling with an assessment of their cost and efficiency. These recommendations shall not result in an increase in the amount of greenhouse gas emissions related to the annual amount of energy consumed or estimated in the dwelling
• Latest periodic boiler inspection report or annual maintenance certificate
• Assessment of the capacity of the dwelling (or part of it) to provide thermal comfort in summer

The EPD should mention that the diagnoser has the necessary skills to perform the diagnosis.

You can consult details of the particulars to appear on the EPD.

The diagnoser assumes responsibility in case of incorrect EPD, unless the error is due to the fact that the seller has voluntarily communicated false information concerning the accommodation or its equipment. The purchaser may to appeal to the court to request damages or the cancelation of the sale.

The period of validity of the EAD shall be 10 years.

However, EPDs performed between 1^er January 2013 and December 31, 2017 were valid until December 31, 2022.

Those carried out between 1^er January 2018 and June 30, 2021 are valid until December 31, 2024.

Mandatory information differs depending on the source of the advertisement.