The Problem This Solves
The rules covering energy and Irish commercial property do not live in one place. BER obligations sit in one set of regulations, Display Energy Certificates in another, the EV charging and building automation duties in a third, and the new 2026 scale, solar-ready dates and zero-emission deadlines in a fourth. Most landlords find out about each one the expensive way: mid-transaction, from the other side's solicitor.
This pack puts all of it in one 28-page working document. Not a summary of the law, a tool for running a portfolio: trigger points, traps, drawn diagrams of the new scale and the deadlines, scenario checklists for marketing, leasing, renovating and buying, and an annual calendar that takes one afternoon and removes every nasty surprise.
What's Inside
- The 2026 BER system in five minutes, with a full-page diagram mapping all 15 old bands onto the new 8
- When a landlord must have a BER: the trigger points, the narrow exemptions, and a one-page decision tree
- Marketing, letting and sale: the five traps that catch people, with the fix for each
- Enforcement on one page: the offence, the €5,000 question, and who prosecutes (agents included)
- Display Energy Certificates, with a labelled walkthrough of the certificate itself
- BACS and EV charging duties already in force, with a screening flowchart for the whole portfolio
- The deadlines ahead on a 2026 to 2030 timeline: solar-ready, ZEB from 2028 and 2030
- Four scenario checklists: marketing a unit, agreeing a lease, planning a renovation, buying a building
- The lease-clause energy checklist: eight points to bring to your solicitor
- The annual compliance calendar, a printable portfolio worksheet, and a worked example portfolio run through all seven steps
- Improving a rating: the upgrade order that works, and how to read the advisory report
- Grant pathways: the kinds of SEAI support to check first, and the order to apply in
- A plain-English glossary, the sources behind every claim, and a printable A4 quick-reference poster
- Plus: the Portfolio Compliance Tracker spreadsheet, one row per building, expiry flags and portfolio summary calculated automatically
Who It's For
Owners and landlords of Irish commercial property, from a single let unit to a managed portfolio. Property managers and agents will find the scenario checklists slot straight into their instruction process. If you let to public bodies, schools or healthcare occupiers, the DEC section alone will pay for the pack.
Written by the person who does the assessments
HomeRating and CommercialBER have been carrying out SEAI-registered assessments since 2009. The traps in section 3 are not hypothetical: they are the calls we get every week, usually after the deadline has already arrived. This pack exists so you make the cheap call instead, early.
Planning an upgrade as well?
The pack tells you what the law requires. If you also want a building-specific upgrade plan, the BER Improvement Roadmap (€149) sequences the works for your actual building, costed and phased.
Common Questions
How is it delivered? Instantly. Pay by card and you are brought straight to your downloads: the pack PDF and the tracker spreadsheet together. A receipt arrives by email from Stripe, our payment provider.
Is it up to date? Edition 1 reflects the law as at June 2026, including the regulations that took effect on 24 May. When the remaining EPBD measures are transposed, purchasers receive the updated edition free by email.
Is the price inclusive? Yes, €49 all-in. A VAT receipt is available on request from info@commercialber.ie.
What if it's not useful? Reply to your receipt within 14 days and we will refund you in full, no questions.