Places of worship exemption guidance

Places of worship: For the purposes of the energy efficiency requirements, places of worship are taken to mean those buildings or parts of a building that are used for formal public worship, including adjoining spaces whose function is directly linked to that use (for example, a vestry in a church). Such parts of buildings of this type often have traditional, religious or cultural constraints that mean that compliance with the energy efficiency requirements would not be possible. Other parts of the building that are designed to be used separately, such as offices, catering facilities, day centres, meeting halls and accommodation, are not exempt.