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Large building owners reminded to register for EPCs before Dec 7 deadline

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Deputy Electricity and Energy Minister Samantha Graham-Maré

22nd October 2025

By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Deputy Editor Online

     

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Deputy Electricity and Energy Minister Samantha Graham-Maré has called on owners of large public and private buildings to immediately initiate the process to register for an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) if they have not already done so, stressing that the December 7 registration deadline is looming and will not be extended.

The regulations require all State-owned buildings that are at least 1 000 m² and owners of commercial buildings of 2 000 m² and larger that fall under the occupancy classifications: A1 – entertainment and public assembly; A2 – theatrical and indoor sport; A3 – places of instruction and G1 – offices, to register their buildings and publicly display EPCs by December 7.

The EPC is part of the Department of Electricity and Energy and South African National Energy Development Institute’s priority to promote energy efficiency in South Africa. 

Since its launch in December 2020, 7 988 buildings have been registered, and 4 342 EPCs have been issued until October 15.

Of these, Gauteng leads with 2 848 registrations and 1 871 issued EPCs, followed by the Western Cape with 2 331 registrations and 1 739 EPCs.

The Northern Cape has the fewest, with 80 registrations and 14 EPCs issued.

Buildings registered and issued EPCs in other provinces are KwaZulu-Natal with 1 051 and 348, Eastern Cape with 474 and 111, Mpumalanga with 356 and 74, the Free State with 613 and 94, Limpopo with 128 and 50, and the North West with 107 and 41.

As of October 6, 116 more buildings have registered, but these additions are not close to the 60 000 registrations being pursued.

EPCs indicate the energy performance of a building; serve as regulatory tools/instruments targeting inefficient buildings, encouraging transformation towards energy-efficient buildings; are indicators for building owners to note and change their consumption patterns to benefit financially and comply with regulations; and, in the long term, promote the reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions through the implementation of energy efficiency interventions using reliable data from existing EPCs.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

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