Real Estate Investor December 2022/January 2023 | Page 146

GREEN BUILDINGS

Are South African building owners taking EPC seriously ?

By Alison Groves

The three-year extension gazetted this week , with 7 December 2025 confirmed as the new deadline for the mandatory display of an Energy Performance Certificate ( EPC ) on all relevant building classes in South Africa , offers some reprieve . However , there ’ s no time to waste and property owners and building managers must do more to ensure they do not contravene legislation .

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