Information
Dear Rhondda Cynon Taff Council,
This request follows legal and mandatory legislation under the European Performance of Buildings Directive and specifically T.M44 AirConditioning Assesment certification. Your AirConditioning Assesment 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 AirConditioning Assesments 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 T.M44 AirConditioning Assesment?
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 T.M44 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.
Q. Do you have ISO 14001 Accreditation
Yours faithfully,
Scott Davies
Dear Mr Davies
Thank you for your request for information which is receiving attention.
We are looking into this matter and shall contact you again in due course.
Yours sincerely
Claire
Claire Gummer
Corporate Governance Team
Legal & Democratic Services
Rhondda Cynon Taff C.B.C.
The Pavilions
Cambrian Park
Clydach Vale
Tonypandy
CF40 2XX
Tel: (01443) 424111
Fax: (01443) 424114
Email: [email address]
Dear Mr Davies
I refer to your Freedom of Information Request in respect of Air
Conditioning Assessments, the Authority’s response is set out below:
Q. It is a legal requirement that you hold valid 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 T.M44 Air Conditioning Assessment?
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.
Corporate Estates Department, RCTCBC, Valleys Innovation Centre,
Navigation Park, Abercynon, Mountain Ash, CF45 4SN - Tel: (01443) 744000
Q. If your T.M44 Certificates are in place, what is their expiry date?
MARCH 2015
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.
Unfortunately, we are unable to release the information for this part of
your request. This is because we feel that the information is exempt
under Section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which deals with
prejudice to commercial interests. This is a qualified exemption and we
have therefore applied the public interest test. In making this decision
we have weighed such factors as the Council’s desire to be open and
transparent in all its dealings against the need to ensure that the
Company involved is able to contract openly in the market place.
Accordingly, in accordance with Section 17 of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 (“Act”) this email acts as a Refusal Notice to this part of your
request.
You have a right of appeal against this decision. If you wish to exercise
this right, please set out in writing your grounds and send your appeal to
the Council’s Corporate Feedback Co-ordinator. Her name is Mrs Christine
Macey and she can be reached at [1][email address].
Q. How many Certificates were produced?
24
Q. Was the Assessor independent as required under the Regulations?
YES
Q. Name the Assessor organisation.
EPACC
Q. Do you have ISO 14001 Accreditation
NO
Yours sincerely
Claire
Claire Gummer
Corporate Governance Team
Legal & Democratic Services
Rhondda Cynon Taff C.B.C.
The Pavilions
Cambrian Park
Clydach Vale
Tonypandy
CF40 2XX
Tel: (01443) 424111
Fax: (01443) 424114
Email: [2][email address]
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