In our company we have energy specialists who have several years of experience in carrying out inspections of operating heating systems and combined heating and ventilation systems.
If you are the owner of a building heating system or a combined heating and ventilation system with a rated capacity of over 70 kW, you are obliged to ensure that these installations are regularly inspected.
According to Act No. 406/2000 Coll. on Energy Management, Decree No. 38/2022 Coll. on the inspection of the operating heating system and the combined heating and ventilation system distinguishes between:
Obligation of owners
The owner of the building, the unit owners' association or, if no unit owners' association has been established, the manager shall be responsible for the building's heating system or combined system in operation:
- ensure a periodic inspection of those combined heating systems and the relevant heat distribution systems, resulting in a written report,
submit inspection reports on the combined heating systems and the relevant heat distribution systems to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the State Energy Inspectorate or the competent inspection body upon request,
notify the Ministry of the inspection.
Heat sources
- combustion heat source - all solid, liquid and gas fired boilers,
combustion heat source - cogeneration,
heat pump,
heat source with direct conversion of electrical energy to thermal energy-electric boilers, direct-fired boilers,
solar thermal system for heating and hot water,
heat source outside the building - building transfer stations,
heat source by direct use of environmental energy - heat exchanger transfer stations,
heat recovery from technological processes - e.g. waste heat from compressor for heating and water heating.
The obligation does not apply to buildings for the control of which an automation and control system is installed. According to the law, this consists of products, software and engineering services that support the energy-efficient, economical and safe operation of the building's technical systems through automatic control and allow manual intervention to adjust certain input parameters. The precise definitions of automation and control systems for residential and non-residential buildings are defined in Article 9 of the Decree.
Frequency of checks to be carried out
| obligation | condition | deadline |
|---|---|---|
|
Obligation to inspect the heating system or combined heating and ventilation system |
Heating system or combined heating and ventilation system newly put into operation |
within 3 years after commissioning |
| If not boiler and heat distribution system | until 1.3.2023 | |
| If the boiler and thermal energy distribution systems have been inspected according to Decree No 194/2013 before 1.3.2017 | until 1.3.2024 | |
| If an inspection of the boiler and heat distribution systems has been carried out according to Decree No 194/2013 after 1.3.2017 | within 5 years from the last day of the calendar year in which the inspection was carried out |
The inspection is carried out by
In the case of operating heating systems and the relevant thermal energy distribution systems pursuant to Act No 406/2000 Coll., may only be carried out by a competent energy specialist.