Domestic On Construction Energy Assessment (DOCEA) Certification
Stroma Certification offers a straightforward, hassle-free route to becoming certified, committed to providing the highest quality service and overall benefits.
- Free Technical support helpline manned by qualified assessors
- Support via our website members' area
- Regular technical updates, ongoing CPD and workshops
- Competitively priced lodgements
- Free of charge software solutions
- Online payment facility
Our experienced technical support team is available to offer assistance and advice on all aspects of SAP assessment and the lodgement of EPCs.
Once qualified, assessors are invited to join the Stroma Certification certification scheme.
Candidates are required to submit a structured portfolio of evidence (to include five ‘pre-set’ SAP assessments) and to pass a thirty minute, multiple choice examination set by the awarding body (ABBE) in order to become qualified.
APEL (Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning)
Experienced practitioners can apply to become certified through the APEL route. Please contact our APEL team for further information.
Certification Fees
|
Certification |
Annual Membership |
Lodgement |
landmark |
|
DipOCEA |
FREE |
£5.00 |
£1.15 |
|
Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) |
Fee |
|
OCEA |
£450 |
Software
Stroma Certification’s FSAP (Full SAP) software has been developed in-house with the user in mind. It is not only easy to use, but also features innovative functions, which simplify both the input and the lodgement process. The software includes several features that further assists assessments such as; duplication of assessments and changing an element of the assessment and applying it to the rest of the site.
Stroma Certification’s FSAP software also ties in with Code for Sustainable Homes, producing an energy report that demonstrates compliance within the relevant sections of the Code.
Key benefits include:
- User-friendly
- Quick save facility
- Automatic software updates
- Site-wide analysis
- Free of charge to Stroma Certification certified assessors
- Simple conversion from 2005 assessments to 2009 assessments
- Automatic calculation of areas for the thermal envelope
- Import/Export of assessments across developments
- Converts assessments from other softwares into FSAP
FSAP 2009 will prove to be an invaluable tool for all architects, house builders and Domestic On Construction Energy Assessors (DOCEAs). Only certified assessors can lodge EPCs; lodgement via FSAP 2009 will be available early 2011 inline with developments by CLG and Landmark.
