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EPC (energy performance certificate)

The certificate that rates a building's energy efficiency from A to G. A landlord must give a new tenant one, and may not grant a lease of a non-domestic building rated below E unless an exemption is registered. The office block is rated C. Chapter 2

Explained in Chapter 2, Heads of Terms and Security of Tenure, of Commercial Leases.

How it comes up, in Chapter 2
The first check was the energy rating. A landlord must give a new tenant an energy performance certificate (EPC), which rates a building from A to G. It may not grant a lease of a non-domestic building rated below E, unless an exemption is registered. The office block is rated C, so the letting could go ahead, and a copy went with the draft.
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