Section 22FN — Duties of specified individual carrying out energy audit for Type 1 building

(1)A specified individual appointed to carry out an energy audit of a Type 1 building must do all of the following:

(a)carry out —

(i)an audit on the energy use of the Type 1 building in the prescribed manner;

(ii)an audit on the energy use of any cooling system or other system with high energy consumption that may be prescribed for that Type 1 building, in the prescribed manner; and

(iii)an audit on the energy efficiency of any cooling system or other system with high energy consumption that may be prescribed for that Type 1 building, in the prescribed manner;

(b)provide a recommendation on whether the Type 1 building is able to meet the specified reduction in energy use intensity without undergoing a major energy use change;

(c)prepare and sign an energy efficiency improvement plan setting out the proposed measures to be carried out in relation to the Type 1 building for the purposes of meeting the specified reduction in energy use intensity (whether or not the proposed measures involve a major energy use change);

(d)prepare and sign an audit report of the result of the energy audit in the form and manner specified by the Commissioner of Building Control that includes all of the following:

(i)the recommendation mentioned in paragraph (b);

(ii)the energy efficiency improvement plan mentioned in paragraph (c);

(e)submit the audit report to the owner of the Type 1 building.

(2)To avoid doubt, the proposed measures in the energy efficiency improvement plan may involve a major energy use change even if the building is able to meet the specified reduction in energy use intensity without undergoing a major energy use change.

(3)If the specified individual appointed to carry out the energy audit assesses that it is impracticable for the Type 1 building to meet the specified reduction in energy use intensity (whether or not by carrying out a major energy use change), the audit report must include this assessment.

(4)Any specified individual appointed to carry out an energy audit who —

(a)without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) or (3); or

(b)provides any information or makes any statement in relation to the audit report required under subsection (1) or (3), which the individual knows or has reason to believe is false, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000. [Act 28 of 2024 wef 30/09/2025]