All Building articles in Regulations July 2005
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European lead
The European Performance of Buildings Directive comes into force on 1 January 2006 and its stringent energy measures will keep building owners, tenants and property lawyers on their toes. David Strong of BRE looks at the small print
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Energy sappers
The method of calculating energy performance in homes – SAP – has been updated for 2005. Meanwhile a new version for non-dwellings is being developed – and it’s a much more complicated affair, says Paul Davidson of BRE
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Waste or space?
The full impact of changes three years ago to Part H - dealing with drainage and waste disposal - is only now being felt as housebuilders try to make better use of land and deliver high-density schemes. Nick Orman of the WRC Group explains
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Regs rewired
Part P rewrote the rules on domestic electrical installations. Self-certification avoids the need for local authority inspections, and several schemes now make this possible. Alex Smith, with a little help from the National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting, offers a guide to what's available
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Playing it safe
Sarah Richardson rounds up the latest changes to health and safety regulations, including the recently introduced vibration directive
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The future's scottish
Scotland has given its building regulations a root and branch overhaul. Good news for Scottish designers who can ditch by-the-book designs, and a possible taste of what's to come for their colleagues in England and Wales.
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Fire fighters
The latest requirements of fire safety regulations Part B are aimed to give designers more choice in how they can install measures to help to save lives.
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Part e people
Dave Baker, managing director of Robust Details Ltd, looks back on a year of robust testing of Part E – and hopes that the scheme will be adopted for Part L
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On code red
The Code for Sustainable Buildings is setting demanding targets for all public sector buildings, and is set to be implemented next April. Now the task group that created it says the government needs to gets its act together – and fast.
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L breaks loose
Nigel Potter looks at what the toughened-up Part L, which is set to be implemented early next year, has in store for designers and contractors
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It’ll be airtight on the night
Airtightness testing will add another step to the commissioning process. The targets are not too onerous, but airtight buildings will help meet carbon emission targets, says Nigel Potter, technical development manager at BSRIA
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Air vs energy
Part F, which deals with ventilation, could be in direct conflict with Part L, which requires airtightness to cut carbon emissions. So how will the ODPM get them working together? Hywel Davies, research manager at CIBSE, has some answers
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Access all areas
The Guild of Architectural Ironmongers outlines the three key areas where discrepancies between the access requirements of the Building Regulations and the British Standards have just been ironed out