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Low carbon progress ‘slow’ The UK government has been criticised by the CBI for falling behind with its efforts to build a low-carbon economy. The business lobby group’s Climate Change Tracker charts progress in decarbonising four areas – power, buildings, transport and industry. It says the coalition government’s pledge to become ‘the greenest government ever’ was being undermined by uncertainty over planning rules and changes to the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme.


Renewables plan under fire A report by the Commons Public Accounts Committee says the UK government needs ‘a greater sense of urgency and purpose’ after missing its 10% renewable energy target by the end of 2010. The UK agreed to the EU target, the report says, despite a lack of ‘clear plans, targets for each renewable energy technology, estimates of funding required or understanding how the rate at which planning applications for onshore wind turbines were being rejected might affect progress’.


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Clean energy consultations The Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Treasury have jointly launched consultations on reforms to the electricity market, aimed at ensuring the UK can meet its climate goals and have a secure, affordable supply of electricity.


Christopher Knowlton was named overall winner at the SLL Young Lighter of the Year Awards. He was also awarded the ILP award for the best written paper. He is pictured second from right with the other finalists and SLL president Alan Tulla. Kerem Asfuroglu ( far left) won the Worshipful Company of Lightmongers Best Presented Paper award.


Work to begin this year on Part L 2013


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A new consultation on Part L of the Building Regulations


will be issued by the end of this year in preparation for the changes scheduled to take place in 2013. It is expected that the next


amendments to the regulations in 2013 will deliver the next steps to zero carbon for homes and non-domestic buildings, and will support a wider policy for retrofitting existing buildings. Building Regulations Minister


Andrew Stunell set out plans for consultation alongside the results of the informal one that took place last year. The informal consultation highlighted a number of issues, the main one being how concerned industry is with the growing complexity of guidance relating to Part L, which was considered to be ‘beyond the understanding of


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many’. A number of respondents said they feared that compliance ultimately suffers as people fail to understand what is required. The software used to calculate


energy performance was also deemed too complex, with many requiring input from a third party specialist. One of the solutions suggested was to adopt the German Passivhaus standard. Other points raised included


renewed calls for the introduction of consequential improvements and issues surrounding the frequency of


changes to Part L. As regards other parts of the


Building Regulations, no further work is expected in the short term on Part G (sanitation) and Part J (combustion appliances and fuel storage systems), but Part F (ventilation) will be looked at in conjunction with Part L (conservation of fuel and energy). Further, consultations are proposed on Part P (electrical safety in dwellings) and M, K and N (access to and use of buildings; protection from falling, collision and impact; and glazing, respectively). The consultation on Part L


is expected to be published by December 2011, with amended regulations and Approved Documents to be published in October 2012, six months prior to the provisions coming into force in April 2013.


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