Auditing requirements

We use independent audits to provide assurance that Accredited Certificate Providers (ACPs) create energy savings certificates (ESCs) in accordance with the relevant legislation.

Your audit regime is specified in your Accreditation Notice and may include an audit of any of the following matters:

• The creation of ESCs
• Compliance with any conditions of accreditation
• Compliance with the requirements of the relevant legislation governing creation of ESCs.

The audit requirements of each accreditation are based on a risk assessment, which considers the nature of the calculation method, the compliance history of the ACP (or applicant) and the proposed number of ESCs involved.

We determine your audit regime at the time of accreditation and may make risk-based adjustments to it from time to time. The Compliance Guide – ACPs explains why we may adjust your audit regime, while the Application for Accreditation Guide – ACPs explains how we set your initial audit regime.

What you need to do to conduct an audit

Before the audit commences, you must first engage an auditor from our list of approved auditors. Approved auditors can be selected from the members of the Audit Services Panel.

You must provide all information and assistance necessary to the auditor. You are also responsible for the costs of audits.

Once you have engaged an auditor, you initiate an audit in your TESSA account and nominate the type of audit (post registration/pre-registration/spot audit), accreditation ID, audit company and lead auditor and certificate batches (post registration audit only. You must also complete the following documents using our approved templates and submit them through TESSA: 

• Part A of the Detailed Scope of Works (DSW) submission form
• a List of sites (pre-registration audits only) 

Relevant Documentation