EPC - Energy Performance Certificate
An Energy Performance Certificate becomes the mandatory requirement of a HIPs pack in England and Wales from the 1st August 2007, and needs to be displayed when advertising a property. As a result of this new legislation there have been changes made to the Universal software to make it simple to comply. On the HIPs tab of the property record in Universal, simply input the current and potential numbers that appear on the certificate and the software will automatically generate a certificate in electronic format (see Figure 1 below). These graphs can then be generated in a brochure or window card via a mail merge tag, and will be automatically uploaded to your website property search (see Figure 2 below). The graphs (or a link to them) will also be sent electronically to any property portals we send your data to. |
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The above page shows an example of a EPC on the full details page of a customers website.
The above shows two examples of the enery efficiency reports appearing on property portals.
| Refer customers to HIPs providers |
Thesaurus Technology have made the HIPs referral process in Universal very simple and flexible. From the Vendor record there is new functionality that allows customised email templates to be created and sent to HIPs suppliers (and any other suppliers) at the click of a button. All the relevant Vendor and Property information required by a HIPs supplier is automatically populated in the email along with a pre-populated email address and subject. The templates are fully customisable so as many different HIPs supplier templates can be set up as required. If a new (HIPs) supplier is needed, simply copy an existing template and 'Save' the email template with different 'To' email address and contact details. Sample referral templates (along with other templates) are supplied in Universal, and can be customised to use your company colours and logo.
| Attaching supplied PDF HIPs documents |
You can also attach a HIP or EPC document into Universal that has been supplied in a PDF format. This will automatically get uploaded to your property search the next time you Synchronise to the Internet. To do this, select the property, click on the Advertising tab and click on Attach PDF, and then browse and attach a PDF document and enter a relevant Link Name that will be displayed on your property search.
For further information contact us on 0845 83 82 666
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