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Dear Leeds College of Music,

This request follows legal and mandatory legislation under the European Performance of Buildings Directive and specifically TM44 Air Conditioning Assessments certification. Your Air Conditioning Assessments Certificates should be readily available at all times and be lodged on the government Landmark database. Failure to have appropriate Certificates will be subject to fines of £300 per building, each week.

Q. It is a legal requirement that you hold valid TM44 Air Conditioning Assessments if any building has a total of more than 12kw of air conditioning present. Certificates are valid from 5 years of the issue date. Have you undertaken a TM44 Air Conditioning Assessments?
Q. Who is the responsible person for ensuring that your buildings are surveyed and assessed, please provide the name, address, email address and telephone number of the responsible person.
Q. If your TM44 Air Conditioning Assessments Certificates are in place, what is their expiry date?
Q. What was the order value of the works placed with the Company which undertook the work?
Q. Provide a breakdown of the price per building if available.
Q. How many Certificates were produced?
Q. Was the Assessor independent as required under the Regulations?
Q. Name the Assessor organisation.

Yours faithfully,

Ryan Evans

Moore, Eleanor, Leeds Conservatoire

Dear Ryan,

Thank you for your request for information about Leeds College of Music under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The answers to your questions follow:

Q. It is a legal requirement that you hold valid TM44 Air Conditioning Assessments if any building has a total of more than 12kw of air conditioning present. Certificates are valid from 5 years of the issue date. Have you undertaken a TM44 Air Conditioning Assessments?

A. Yes.

Q. Who is the responsible person for ensuring that your buildings are surveyed and assessed, please provide the name, address, email address and telephone number of the responsible person.

A. Simon Hartley, Estates and Campus Services Manager, Leeds College of Music, 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds. LS2 7PD [email address] 0113 222 3400

Q. If your TM44 Air Conditioning Assessments Certificates are in place, what is their expiry date?

A. 30 April 2016.

Q. What was the order value of the works placed with the Company which undertook the work?
Q. Provide a breakdown of the price per building if available.

A. We consider these to be commercially sensitive information that may prejudice future procurement/tendering activities, they are therefore withheld under Section 43.2 of the Act.

Q. How many Certificates were produced?

A. One.

Q. Was the Assessor independent as required under the Regulations?

A Yes.

Q. Name the Assessor organisation.

A. Bi Can Energy.

This completes the response. If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of this response and should be addressed to: The Principal, Leeds College of Music, 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7PD.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Eleanor Moore
Executive Assistant (Strategy & Policy)
Leeds College of Music

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