For this reason, the COGITI has sent a letter to the Ministries of the Autonomous Communities with competence in the field of Building Energy Certification, denouncing bad practices by the said companies, since their bodies are responsible for the independent control of buildings, These certificates must carry out as many inspections as necessary.
The General Council of Industrial Technical Engineering (COGITI), which comprises 50 Professional Colleges and represents more than 93,000 collegiate engineers, has reported to the corresponding departments of the autonomous communities four companies to commit punishable infractions in the matter of energy certification of buildings, of forced fulfillment from June 1 to sell or rent real estate, in compliance with Royal Decree 235/2013 of April 5.
In the complaint presented, it is indicated that the alluded companies offer, through the web pages or through advertising inserted in the written media, the formulation of the energy efficiency certificates of "distance" and " of hearing ", without the technician visiting the property in person, so that they violate the requirement imposed by article 5.5 of the Basic Procedure approved by Royal Decree 235/2013, which clearly demands that" during the certification process, the competent technician will carry out the necessary tests and checks, in order to establish the conformity of the information contained in the energy efficiency certificate with the building or with the part thereof. "
As stated in the complaint, "what the corresponding companies or professionals offer is, purely and intentionally, that the customer is the one who supplies the data or photographs of the building to his or her pleasure, or the part thereof that must be the subject of the certification. All this, therefore, without the minimum guarantee of the veracity of the data and images contributed. "
For all this, the COGITI has sent a letter to the Ministries of the Autonomous Communities with competence in the field of Energy Building Certification, denouncing bad practices by the said companies, since their bodies are responsible for the independent control of buildings, These certificates, and must carry out as many inspections as necessary.
To this we must add that, as a consequence of the damages that this improper practice may cause to the buyers or tenants of the buildings, and "the general public interest encrypted in the saving of energy", as a result of the issuance of certificates of Fake energy efficiency, the competent Administration could incur liability in compensation to these third parties, due to the "abnormal" operation of the public service.
"The norms in this matter are flagrantly breaching, and at the same time one is doing a weak favor to the society, with the commission of these and other irregularities. In addition, when it is frivolized in such a shameless way On a professional work, which must contain a certain professional and technical rigor, the importance of the same is remaining, and this leads to the opposite direction that the norms pursue, and that the citizen thinks that this is a more fee that the Administration has been invented to continue with its eagerness to recover, and the purpose pursued is fully opened. energy efficiency is something that is really beneficial for society in many aspects ranging from economic, comfort, the environment, etc ..., and we have the obligation to transmit them correctly to generate the culture that makes it possible to achieve the goals set ", said the president of COGITI, José Antonio Galdón Ruiz.
The General Council of Industrial Technical Engineering (COGITI), which comprises 50 Professional Colleges and represents more than 93,000 collegiate engineers, has reported to the corresponding departments of the autonomous communities four companies to commit punishable infractions in the matter of energy certification of buildings, of forced fulfillment from June 1 to sell or rent real estate, in compliance with Royal Decree 235/2013 of April 5.
In the complaint presented, it is indicated that the alluded companies offer, through the web pages or through advertising inserted in the written media, the formulation of the energy efficiency certificates of "distance" and " of hearing ", without the technician visiting the property in person, so that they violate the requirement imposed by article 5.5 of the Basic Procedure approved by Royal Decree 235/2013, which clearly demands that" during the certification process, the competent technician will carry out the necessary tests and checks, in order to establish the conformity of the information contained in the energy efficiency certificate with the building or with the part thereof. "
As stated in the complaint, "what the corresponding companies or professionals offer is, purely and intentionally, that the customer is the one who supplies the data or photographs of the building to his or her pleasure, or the part thereof that must be the subject of the certification. All this, therefore, without the minimum guarantee of the veracity of the data and images contributed. "
For all this, the COGITI has sent a letter to the Ministries of the Autonomous Communities with competence in the field of Energy Building Certification, denouncing bad practices by the said companies, since their bodies are responsible for the independent control of buildings, These certificates, and must carry out as many inspections as necessary.
To this we must add that, as a consequence of the damages that this improper practice may cause to the buyers or tenants of the buildings, and "the general public interest encrypted in the saving of energy", as a result of the issuance of certificates of Fake energy efficiency, the competent Administration could incur liability in compensation to these third parties, due to the "abnormal" operation of the public service.
"The norms in this matter are flagrantly breaching, and at the same time one is doing a weak favor to the society, with the commission of these and other irregularities. In addition, when it is frivolized in such a shameless way On a professional work, which must contain a certain professional and technical rigor, the importance of the same is remaining, and this leads to the opposite direction that the norms pursue, and that the citizen thinks that this is a more fee that the Administration has been invented to continue with its eagerness to recover, and the purpose pursued is fully opened. energy efficiency is something that is really beneficial for society in many aspects ranging from economic, comfort, the environment, etc ..., and we have the obligation to transmit them correctly to generate the culture that makes it possible to achieve the goals set ", said the president of COGITI, José Antonio Galdón Ruiz.