MEES Radar
Commercial retrofit lead intelligence · Greater Manchester & North West

We find the commercial buildings that need retrofit work. You win the work.

Official non-domestic EPC data surfaces and ranks the commercial properties in your territory exposed to MEES - each certificate flagging the retrofit work it needs: glazing, HVAC, insulation, lighting and fabric.

Qualified, explainable leads - not recycled lists.

Every list is ranked to your job profile - minimum floor area, building type, and target patch. Configured once, refreshed monthly.

See how it works
Territory-exclusiveScored to your criteriaEPC-verified source data

EPC Register · Companies House · MEES guidance

Illustrative sample · WN area
Riverside Business Centre
Wigan · WN area
E
EPC E · MEES-exposed
OfficesNon-domesticMEES-exposedFit-out scope
Why it qualified
Certificate flags glazing, heating and lighting upgrades - a multi-trade retrofit, not a single job
Rated E - at the current MEES minimum to let
Certificate issued 2014 - 12 years old, well past typical review
Floor area
1,240 m²
MEES Score
How it's scored
82/ 100
↗ Each lead is verifiable on the EPC register
Your territory, ranked

One ranked view of every MEES-exposed building in your patch.

The heart of the service: a single, ranked picture of the commercial properties in your territory exposed to MEES - each tagged with the retrofit measures its EPC calls for, with the multi-trade buildings worth a whole project surfaced first.

MEES RadarGreater ManchesterIllustrative preview
All tradesGlazingHVACInsulationLightingFabric
F
Brookfield Retail Park
WA areaFit-out scope
Critical88/ 100
GlazingInsulationHVACLighting
E
Riverside Business Centre
WN areaFit-out scope
Critical82/ 100
GlazingHVACLighting
E
Telford Mill (units 1-4)
BL area
High64/ 100
GlazingInsulation
D
Compton House
M area
High57/ 100
HVACLighting
E
Wharfside Studios
L area
Elevated47/ 100
Glazing
D
Albion Works
SK area
Monitor38/ 100
Lighting
Illustrative preview built from the shape of MHCLG non-domestic EPC data - representative properties, not real addresses. The service is delivered as export-ready ranked data for your territory (CSV + methodology PDF). Self-serve territory access for installers is not open yet - there is nothing to log into here. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Register interest in dashboard access for your territoryInstaller self-serve access opens area by area - register interest and we'll follow up personally.
Why this is hard

The buildings that need retrofit work are hiding in plain sight.

Commercial EPC certificates already flag which retrofit measures are recommended - glazing, heating, insulation, lighting and more - and the data is public. But finding it means trawling the register postcode by postcode and cross-referencing it by hand - slow, inconsistent work that most firms simply don't have time for.

The scale of it

What's sitting in the public register right now.

48,513

commercial buildings rated D to G across our coverage area

4,913

rated F or G - below the legal minimum to let

2 in 3

of those F/G buildings were last assessed over a decade ago

36,872

carry a glazing improvement already flagged on their EPC certificate — around 76% of the D-G pool

Source: MHCLG Non-Domestic EPC Register, June 2026 refresh. Coverage: Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and Lancashire. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures describe the public register, not a promise of lead volume.

What we cover

Five retrofit trades, one MEES-exposed building list.

The same official non-domestic EPC data flags far more than glazing. We surface the measures assessors actually recommend across commercial stock - so the list works whether you fit one trade or scope a whole retrofit.

How it works

From your patch to a qualified list, in three steps.

MEES Radar is a managed service, not another tool to learn. You tell us where you work; we do the data work and hand you a list you can act on.

No mystery data. No recycled lists. Every property qualifies against your trade, your patch, and the current EPC standard.

1

We configure your territory and criteria

You tell us your postcode areas and the type of commercial work you're after. We build your filter - minimum floor area, property type, EPC band - so every property we surface fits the jobs you actually want to price.

2

We run the data and qualify the shortlist

We work through the government's non-domestic EPC register, identify commercial properties rated F or G (already below the legal letting standard) and those rated E or D (exposed if standards tighten). We flag the ones where the EPC assessor explicitly recommended glazing improvements - then hand-check the top results before they reach you.

3

You receive a ranked, ready-to-use list

A scored shortlist with a plain-English reason each property made the cut - delivered as a CSV and a methodology PDF. No portal to log into. One contractor per territory. Refreshed monthly.

Explainable by design

Every property meets three tests.

Every property on your list clears the same three checks - and you can verify each one against the public record yourself.

Test 01

It's commercial

A non-domestic building - offices, retail, light industrial - that falls under the commercial MEES rules, not domestic ones.

Test 02

It's MEES-exposed

Currently rated EPC D, E, F or G. The minimum standard to let commercial space has been EPC E since 1 April 2023, with tighter standards under government review.

Test 03 · the difference

A retrofit measure is flagged on the certificate

The EPC assessor explicitly recommends a retrofit improvement - glazing, HVAC, insulation, lighting or fabric - not our guess, their recommendation.

★ The strongest signal
See it before you commit

What a qualified lead actually looks like.

The cards below are illustrative - real EPC addresses cannot be republished here - but they mirror exactly what you receive: the retrofit measures flagged on each EPC, and a plain-English reason the building qualified. Every lead in your delivered list is a real commercial building, verifiable on the public register - no owner details, no black-box score.

Illustrative sample
Whitworth Mill, Unit 3
M4 · City Centre · B1 Offices · 4,980 m²
GBelow legal minimum
Why this is a lead

Rated G - below the EPC E minimum in force for commercial lettings since 1 April 2023, so already non-compliant to re-let. The certificate flags glazing, heating (HVAC) and lighting upgrades - a multi-trade retrofit, not a single job.

Illustrative sample
Parkway Retail Units
WA1 · Warrington · A1 Retail · 2,310 m²
FBelow legal minimum
Why this is a lead

Rated F - below the legal minimum since 1 April 2023. The certificate flags insulation and glazing improvements to the building fabric, a clear fabric-and-glazing retrofit candidate.

More qualified F/G buildings in your territory

Your free sample unlocks five - each EPC F or G, each with the reason it qualified.

The buildings shown here are EPC F or G - already below the EPC E minimum that has applied to commercial lettings in England & Wales since 1 April 2023. The June 2026 government response set a trajectory straight to EPC B by 2031 for larger commercial properties - a proposal, not yet law. Data from the MHCLG Non-Domestic EPC Register under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

The rating that matters

The EPC scale, put to work.

Every flagged property carries its current EPC rating, so you can see exactly where it sits on the scale.

Many commercial properties rated D/E/F/G are already close to, at, or below the current MEES threshold - and where EPC recommendations flag retrofit improvements, they become stronger upgrade prospects.

1 April 2018New leases

Granting a new commercial tenancy on an F or G-rated property becomes unlawful.

1 April 2023All leases - the law today

The restriction extends to continuing to let - every privately rented commercial property below EPC E now needs a registered exemption.

Under reviewProposed, not yet law

Government's June 2026 response set a trajectory straight to EPC B by 2031 for larger commercial properties, dropping the earlier proposed EPC C step. A proposal, not yet law - but the direction landlords and their advisers are planning around.

EPC rating · A to G

A
B
C
D
E
F
G

Legal minimum to let - EPC E, in force since 1 April 2023

Proposals under government review would raise this minimum. Not yet law.

More than 4 in 5 commercial buildings in major English cities are currently rated below EPC B - the proposed future minimum (British Property Federation analysis, 2026). Every property we flag is anchored to the settled legal position, never to speculation.

The MEES Score

How every lead earns its score.

Every property on your list carries a MEES Score out of 100 - a single number that ranks how strong the opportunity is, built from five signals in the public EPC record:

Current EPC band

The further a building sits below the standards under review, the more urgent the conversation. The minimum to let commercial space has been EPC E since 1 April 2023, and F/G-rated stock carries the most immediate exposure.

A retrofit measure flagged by the assessor

Properties where the EPC assessor has explicitly recommended a retrofit improvement - glazing, HVAC, insulation, lighting or fabric - score higher. It's the strongest signal that there's work to win - their recommendation, not our guess.

Floor area

Larger units mean larger jobs. We weight floor area so the list surfaces properties worth your survey time, within the size range SME contractors actually take on.

Certificate age

Older certificates suggest a building that hasn't been touched in years - and a landlord likely due a reassessment. Long-overdue stock scores higher.

How it compares with its peers

Each certificate records a benchmark for typical existing stock of the same building type. A property emitting far above that benchmark is underperforming its peers - a stronger retrofit case than a building already close to typical, so it scores higher.

The exact weighting is our own bespoke model, tailored to the work you want to win - but every input is verifiable on the public EPC register, and we'll happily walk you through why any property scored the way it did.

The pitch behind your pitch

Why landlords say yes to the work.

Every lead we send is a building whose owner has real reasons to act. When you make your pitch, this is the case you're helping them make:

Easier to let

Efficient space is simpler to market, and a building stuck at the legal floor is a harder conversation with every prospective tenant.

Cheaper to run

Retrofit and fabric upgrades cut energy spend directly; on larger commercial units the saving compounds year on year.

Holds its value

Energy performance increasingly feeds valuations, lending terms and lease events; poor ratings are becoming a price-chip.

Headroom for what's next

With tighter standards under government review, work done now is work not done under deadline pressure later.

No guarantees, no invented numbers - just the commercial logic an EPC recommendation puts on the table.

The pilot

A paid, fixed-scope pilot - one firm per territory.

Limited firms per territory - once it's taken in your patch, it's taken.

We define your patch, then deliver a set of qualified commercial retrofit leads built from official non-domestic EPC data - each one ranked by our bespoke scoring model and tagged with the retrofit measures its certificate calls for.

Fixed setup fee plus a simple monthly retainer. No pay-per-lead, no platform to learn, no long contract.

Find out how our scoring mechanism works by booking a walkthrough.

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Regional exclusivity

Territory-limited rollout

To ensure leads remain highly qualified and actionable, we work with a strict limit of commercial retrofit partners per region, expanding territory by territory. Once your patch is secured the data is locked to your business.

Greater Manchester, Cheshire & the wider North West

Who's behind MEES Radar

MEES Radar is run by Jack - a Business Technology graduate based in Parbold, Wigan. I build the data pipelines myself, from official sources, and I'll happily explain exactly how any property ended up on your list.

I built MEES Radar because the data to find commercial retrofit opportunities already exists - it's just buried in government datasets that no one in the trade has time to dig through. I'm not a lead broker reselling recycled lists: I work with a small number of firms at a time, by territory, so the leads stay genuinely useful.

Official public data

Where our data comes from

We don't make anything up, and we don't resell mystery lists. Every property we identify is built from official, public data:

EPC Register

Ratings & recommendations (gov.uk)

Companies House

Company status & classification

MEES guidance

Compliance timelines, official sources

We use these sources to identify and qualify each property - not to supply contact details for its owner. Your team runs its own outreach from there. Every lead comes with a short explanation of why it qualified, so you can verify it yourself.

Fair questions

Frequently Asked Questions

What you're probably thinking.
“We already buy leads.”

These are property-level, explainable, territory-focused leads - not recycled lists.

“We can get EPC data ourselves.”

True. The work is turning raw EPC/property data into a clean, qualified, ranked property list.

“We don’t want another platform.”

There’s no platform to learn and nothing to log into - you receive export-ready ranked data for your territory.

“We don’t trust recycled lists.”

Every lead cites its EPC/property basis and a plain-English reason for inclusion.

“Will this convert?”

The pilot is measured by lead quality, relevant conversations, and surveys booked - without promising a fixed result.

MEES, in plain terms
What counts as MEES compliance?

Under the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES), it's been unlawful since 1 April 2023 to let most commercial (non-domestic) property in England and Wales rated below EPC E without a registered exemption. EPC E is the only legal minimum in force today. Penalties for non-compliance can reach up to £150,000.

Does MEES apply to my commercial property?

MEES applies to most non-domestic property that's let — offices, retail, industrial and similar use classes. If your building is currently let, or you're renewing a lease, and it's rated F or G, you can't do so legally without a registered exemption.

What's the difference between EPC E and future MEES targets?

EPC E is the only enforced legal minimum today. Government has confirmed a longer-term trajectory toward EPC B for larger buildings (over 1,000 sqm) by around 2031 — but that's policy direction, not yet a fixed legal deadline. EPC E is what matters for compliance now.

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See it for yourself

A small proof of method, not the full service. We'll send five real commercial properties from your patch - each showing its current EPC band, the retrofit measures flagged on its certificate (glazing, HVAC, insulation, lighting or fabric), why it's MEES/EPC-relevant, and how it fits your territory.

We'll only use your details to send your sample and follow up. No spam, no sharing your details. See our privacy policy.