All Regulations articles – Page 4
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Solar hot water system
Atmos Heating Systems has brought out a solar hot water system called EasySolar
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NewsSustainable urban drainage
The system helps with compliance with the Code for Sustainable Homes and for situations where councils require SUDS as a condition of planning. The company said the system takes up to 95% up less space than conventional systems and is suitable for car parks and highways. It consists of a ...
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CommentA path to zero carbon?
Welcome to this year’s guide to codes and regulations, including Part L, energy research projects and innovative products
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FeaturesThe better homes lab
Designing energy-efficient homes is the easy bit - making sure the dwelling performs as expected is more tricky. That’s why forward-thinking housebuilders are embarking on some serious research. Alex Smith verifies the results
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NewsBudget 'u-turn' on zero carbon homes
Shock Budget decision to exempt home appliances from zero carbon definition
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NewsLive debate: Is Code Level 6 pricing zero-carbon out of the market?
Join a live online debate on the Code for Sustainable Homes at 11am GMT on Friday 18 March sponsored by H+H
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FeaturesYour easy guide to the Code for Sustainable Homes
The new Code for Sustainable Homes has finally arrived. Here’s a 10-point summary of the changes and the suggestions that didn’t make it into the final document
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NewsHousebuilders save £1bn with Part L loophole
178,400 homes pre-registered with Building Control before the introduction of 2010 Part L will be built to lower energy standards
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NewsIndustry 'blissfully' unaware of European building codes
Research finds civil engineers are not up to speed with Eurocodes leaving them vulnerable to potential litigation
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CommentHow I learned to love part L
The Building Regulations - it hardly needs saying - must be greeted with fear and loathing. But oddly, says Gus Alexander, they can instil a feeling approximating joy - if only for 10 seconds
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FeaturesSolar gains and the new Part L: unless your building is a glass box it’s great news
What impact will the new limits on solar gains have on office design?
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FeaturesCost model: Part L for residential
Housing developers face some interesting choices when complying with the new Part L. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon and Tom Lelyveld of Aecom consider some of the options
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NewsHousebuilders race to exploit Part L loophole
Housebuilders are rushing to exploit guidance that will allow them to save millions by building homes to the present energy standards after the uprating of Part L next month
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CommentWhat would you do with the regs?
The Building Regulations have already achieved a great deal, says Andrew Stunell (the man in charge of them) - but now he wants you to tell him how they could do even more
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FeaturesCost model: Part L
The upcoming changes to Part L will crank up the low-carbon agenda. The authors consider the costs and their influence on design
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NewsShapps delays definition of zero carbon
Housing minister Grant Shapps has been forced to row back from a pre-election promise to get the definition of zero carbon finalised “within weeks” of getting into office
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Minister seeks to bring forward regs update
Building regulations minister Andrew Stunell has shocked builders by saying he wants to bring the planned revision of the Building Regulations forward by a year to 2012
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Officials covered up £705m Part L saving
Civil servants covered up potential savings of £705m in order to help former housing minister John Healey justify scrapping proposed changes to Building Regulations that were designed to make existing homes more energy efficient
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FeaturesEssential guides: Building Regulations
Essential need-know facts about Parts A to P of the Building Regs
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Essential guides: British Standards
A round-up of all the British Standards that are relevant to the construction industry