ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE CIBSE GUIDE F
energy efficiency guide to
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The new edition of CIBSE Guide F offers an invaluable steer on energy effi ciency, containing key government policy documents and best practice guidance from across industry
CIBSE Guide F shows how 20-30% can be knocked off energy bills by good engineering and informed, effective facility and energy management
CIBSE president David Fisk
having a direct impact on how they operate – and one in 12 think they might be forced out of business as a result of energy prices that have risen by 58% since 2010. Against this backdrop, the launch of the
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updated CIBSE Guide F: Energy effi ciency in buildings could not be more timely. ‘At a time when energy prices are rising to
pay for new infrastructure, when companies are making plans to meet their Carbon Reduction Commitments and when the UK, for the fi rst time in its history, is a net importer of its energy, focusing on energy effi ciency is the key for owners of new and existing buildings,’ says CIBSE president David Fisk. ‘CIBSE Guide F shows how 20-30% can be
knocked off energy bills by good engineering and informed, effective facilities and energy management,’ he added.
Pivotal strategy With this publication, the Institution has put itself at the forefront of efforts to provide authoritative guidance on the energy effi ciency of buildings, and its members are becoming more pivotal to the strategy for improving energy effi ciency across the UK’s building stock. The fi rst version of Guide F was published
in 1998 and the last update was in 2004. This fully revised 2012 edition refl ects key changes that have taken place since then, including measures contained in the Energy Act; revised Building Regulations introduced in 2006 and
K businesses are seriously worried about their energy bills. According to research, almost a third of small fi rms say rising energy costs are
2010; and the infl uence of the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). The next two revisions of Part L will push for further improvements in energy effi ciency, to progress government towards its aspiration for all new buildings to be zero carbon by 2019. The UK government clearly sees the value of
tackling energy effi ciency in existing buildings as an affordable way to support the business community and reduce carbon emissions. Since the last edition of Guide F, the government has set a legally binding target to reduce national greenhouse gas emissions. The government’s latest Carbon Plan sets out specifi c targets for improving energy effi ciency in new and existing buildings. It has also set up the Energy Effi ciency Deployment Offi ce (EEDO). Guide F is in tune with all these developments as it contains new material covering energy management and explains how energy strategies can help deliver major running cost savings. Energy management has moved up the corporate agenda, aided by the work of the Carbon Trust and the implementation of the CRC Energy Effi ciency Scheme. Part B of the revised Guide F (covering the operation of the building) has been updated to include more information about carbon management, and the need for improved metering and monitoring. The new edition of the publication also
includes a section on ‘developing an energy strategy’. This refl ects the changes to planning policy, which now includes targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from new developments and the need to submit a detailed energy strategy report as part of the planning application. In addition, the section on energy effi cient refurbishment has been expanded in recognition of the pressing need to upgrade the existing building stock.
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