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NEWS IN BRIEF


New PAS will help factories and offices get an energy efficiency


makeover A new PAS is being developed which will support the retrofitting of energy efficiency measures in existing non-domestic buildings, delivering a potential 39% cut in the energy they use.


The 1.8 million non-domestic buildings in the UK account for 12% of greenhouse gas emissions. Any reduction could have a significant impact on the UK’s CO2 emissions. Government figures show that only 8.31% of commercial buildings have an Energy Performance Certicate (EPC) rating of B or better, and only 0.69% have a rating of A or A+*. The Building Energy Efficiency Survey


produced by the Department for Energy and Climate Change in 2016 identified potential for a 39% reduction in energy use in non-domestic buildings. The BSI PAS document will align with the


Government’s Clean Growth Strategy and help to achieve a low carbon future for the UK. Policy initiatives aimed at non-domestic buildings will address those buildings that fall outside of the Government’s Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme, which only applies to reducing carbon emissions from domestic properties. The new BSI PAS documents being


A PAS (Publicly Available Specification) is a fast- track standardization document. It defines good practice standards for a


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“Government figures show that only 8.31% of commercial buildings have an EPC rating of B or better, and only 0.69% have a rating of A or A+”


developed will provide technical requirements and methodologies to support the Government’s policy initiatives. Clare Price, BSI’s Sector Lead on Built


Environment said, “BSI’s experience supporting the Each Home Counts review and the new Trustmark Quality scheme for domestic retrofit, through the development of PAS 2035 and PAS 2030 published in 2019, provides a


useful model for non-domestic buildings.” Document drafting has begun and publication of the new standard is expected in March 2021.


*Compiled from Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) statistics from the first quarter of 2017


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