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NEWS BUILDING REGULATIONS
Architects going ‘above and beyond’ Part O on overheating
A study by Pilkington UK has found that the majority of architects are “going above and beyond the minimum” when it comes to designing for minimising overheating in new homes, in the light of new Building Regulations. According to Pilkington, “Nine in 10 architects are going above and beyond the minimum requirements for tackling overheating in new homes, as developers seek to protect residents against extreme heat waves.”
The manufacturer polled 100 architects a year on from the introduction of the Building Regulations Part O, which laid out stricter measures for new homes to minimise their risk of overheating. Encouragingly, only 9% admitted to designing to the new Regulations’ minimum requirements. The study suggested that “developer demand” was among the factors motivating architects, said Pilkington. Almost a third (32%) of respondents said extreme heatwaves were leading to greater interest in overheating from developers in terms of occupant wellbeing, and this would be the biggest factor infl uencing greater measures for combating overheating in new homes over the next fi ve years. Meanwhile, two in fi ve (40%) architects said Part O would be the top driver.
Despite the positives, the study found 71% of architects agreed there was a missed opportunity in Part O in limiting the strictest measures for combating overheating only to London and central Manchester, with other areas being at a similar risk of overheating.
The study also found that a majority of architects (57%) had found compliance with Part O ‘easy.’ A larger majority (70%) said they were specifying more solar control glazing for residential projects since Part O was introduced last year.
Nearly nine in 10 (86%) architects polled agreed that solutions for combating overheating, like solar control glazing, are becoming increasingly important to new UK homes as the country becomes more
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accustomed to experiencing extreme heat waves due to climate change. However, one in seven (14%) said they most commonly incorporate air conditioning systems to help limit
overheating, despite Part O instructing architects to “exhaust all passive measures for mitigating overheating before considering mechanical cooling,” said Pilkington.
ADF SEPTEMBER 2023
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