In addition, the PEB is different from one region to another, underlines the specialist. “On leads to this Belgian surrealism where you live in Uccle, and your neighbor who lives opposite in Linkebeek has a better energy certificate for the same apartment. It’s not believable either.“, he denounces.
These criticisms are also shared by some certifiers themselves. Alain Meessen, Housing auditor in the Walloon Region deplores in particular the lack of precision of the software that makes the calculations. “IThe administration and the minister’s office should realize the difficulties we have in producing certificates that are really usable at the level of people.“
It must also be said that the EPB certificate is something that must remain economically accessible.
Roof insulation, standard weather, chassis, solar panels… You should know that there are more than 200 pages to follow to complete an EPB certificate. And if Céline De Schryver, certifier in Brussels recognizes that there are sometimes less precise points – such as the tightness of the chassis joints which is not taken into account in the calculation – she believes that we cannot do everything.
“It must also be said that the PEB certificate is something that must remain economically accessible. We already have a whole series of data to collect, if we need to collect even more data, we will spend the day there. And it will be extremely expensive for the owners.”
