BUILDING FABRIC 71
TO THE NEW PART L – AND BEYOND!
New updates to the Building Regulations go some way to cutting emissions – but construction fi rms have the chance to go further, argues Nicola Harrison of Bereco
J
uly was recently confi rmed as the hottest month on record and it’s thought that it may be , years since an individual month was this warm. lthough the hasn’t quite basked in this warmth in fact, we had the wettest une on record and uly hasn’t proved to be much drier we’ve all seen the terrible images of wildfi res in awaii and across the Mediterranean, and record temperatures in cities right around the world. udging by these, if we weren’t worried before, we should be now. limate change is real, and it’s getting more noticeable by the day.
nother statistic according to recent analysis, the is eighth in a table of countries that have historically contributed the most to climate change. e aren’t the worst step forward the , hina and ussia but we do bear
a considerable amount of responsibility for the environmental state of the planet. herefore, the onus is on us to act on that responsibility and work hard towards achieving carbon neutrality by . hat does this mean for ritain’s construction industry ell, as most of the industry are aware, in the overnment made changes to uilding egulations and announced a subsequent -month grace period to complete all work under the old regs. nder the title of he uture omes and uilding tandard, the swathe of regulations included new targets for carbon emissions all new homes must produce at least less carbon, while non-domestic new builds are pegged at least less. art of the regulations focus on certain amendments to pproved ocuments art conservation of fuel and power and
art ventilation. hese changes apply to new, non-domestic buildings, plus existing non-domestic buildings, and new and existing housing. n my sector, which centres on superior quality sustainable windows and doors, it is art that has the most relevance. art focuses closely on specifi c -value requirements the measure of how effective a material for example a window or a door is as an insulator. he lower the value the better the material is as an insulator.
nder the new regulations, the notional target of -values on new-build properties for both windows and doors is now . m2 m2
k while the limited standard is .
k. owever, if you’re replacing old doors and windows in existing dwellings, the requirement should now be . m2
k or better. t’s also worth noting that
IF WE WEREN’T WORRIED BEFORE, WE SHOULD BE NOW. CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL, AND IT’S GETTING MORE NOTICEABLE BY THE DAY
WWW.HBDONLINE.CO.UK
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100
