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‘Under the Sun’, a Victorian terrace house in Birmingham is an outstanding example of bringing a fairly typical old building up to PassivhausSee more on the PassivhausSee more on the Passivhaus standard. The PassivHaus Institute has pioneered a standard for low energy buildings. It includes very low energy usage and ways of achieving this. The word is derived from the idea of buildings which are fundamentally low energy and passive solar heated rather than using extra gadgets to heat them. See Passivhaus for the UK branch of the organisation. standard. The PassivHaus Institute has pioneered a standard for low energy buildings. It includes very low energy usage and ways of achieving this. The word is derived [...] May 21st, 2011 | Tags: air quality, building, building contract, building materials, building regulations, building supplies, calculations, certification, Code for Sustainable Homes, Code for Sustainable Homes level 5, Code for Sustainable Homes level 6, construction, consultant, costings, CSH, CSH level 6, damp proofing, decision making, decorating, decoration, demolishing, demolition, demolitions, DPCs, DPM, DPMs, draft excluder, drafts, drawings, dry lining, embodied energy, Energy performance certificate, EPC, estimating, extend, extension, exterior, external insulation, external wall insulation, feed in tariff, floor boards, floor finishes, floors, fuel, fuels, green design, grey water, ground floor, ground source heat pump, ground source heat pumps, GSHP, hard surfaces, hardstanding, health and safety, heat recovery, heat store, heat stores, heating, hot water, internal walls, joinery, lifelong homes, lifetime homes, lighting, lighting design, lime render, maintenance, managing self build, materials, mineral fibre, mortgage, mortgages, natural finishes, natural paints, passive gain, passive solar, Passivhaus standard, phenolic foam, planning, planning approval, planning permission, polystyrene, polyurethane, preservatives, PV, radiators, rain water, regulations, repair, retrofit, reuse, reused, reverse metering, rock wool, SAP, secondary glazing, solar, sub contractor, temporary services, timber | Category: | Leave a comment In Scotland From December 1, 2008, houses for sale have had to be marketed with a Home Report. The home pack includes an Energy Performance Certificate (EPCenergy performance certificate). Scotland has been slightly ahead of the UK generally in introducing energy certificates. Landlords in England and Wales are now obliged to give all new tenants a certificate [...] February 22nd, 2011 | Tags: Energy performance certificate, EPC, home report, landlord, law, report, Scotland, standards | Category: | One comment The Building RegulationsThese are the legal regulations which govern how a house is constructed. (not to be confused with Planning Permission which is about whether you are allowed to build the house at all or what it might look like) see Building Regulations), part LThe Building Regulations, part L is the section which covers energy conservation for new buildings (with part L1A covering new buildings and part L1B covering existing ones), is the section which covers energy conservation for new buildings (with part L1A covering new buildings and part L1B covering existing ones) At present there is a period of transition which is well explained in an NHBCThe National House-Building Council describes itself as being “the leading warranty and insurance provider [...] February 20th, 2010 | Tags: AECB gold, AECB silver, air changes, air changes per hour, air quality, air tightness, airtight, approval, bathroom, boiler, calculations, Code for Sustainable Homes, Code for Sustainable Homes level 5, Code for Sustainable Homes level 6, combined heat and power, condensation, conservation, CSH, CSH level 6, dew point, draft excluder, drafts, ecohomes, Energy performance certificate, EPC, expanded polystyrene, external insulation, external wall insulation, fan test, fuel, fuels, green design, ground source heat pump, heat reclamation, heat recovery, heat recovery ventilation, heating, high frequency, hot water, HVAC engineers, Insulating concrete forms, interstitial, Kingspan, Kit houses, L1A, L1B, law, lighting design, low E, low energy, mineral fibre, MVHR, natural lighting, part L, passive gain, passive solar, Passivhaus, Passivhaus standard, pellet, pellets, phenolic foam, photo voltaic, plans, polyurethane, quilt, radiators, regulations, retrofit, rock wool, SAP, saving energy, secondary glazing, SEDBUK, solar collector, solar hot water, standards, stove, superinsulation, thermal bridge, thermal bridging, thermal store, tripple glazed, tripple glazing, TRVs, U value, warmcell, wind generator, wind power, wind turbine, window, wood wool, woodwool, wool insulation | Category: | Leave a comment Permissions and regulations The two main permissions you will most often require for building work are Planning Permissionthe legal basis for being allowed to do some form of development such as building a house. (not to be confused with Building RegulationsThese are the legal regulations which govern how a house is constructed. (not to be confused with Planning Permission which is about whether you are allowed to build the house at all or what it might look like) see Building Regulations) which is all about whether the building is properly constructed). see more on Planning Permission and Building Regulations consent. Planning Permission deals with the overall issue of what kind of houses are permissible in which area. The planning officers are employed by the local council. Building Regulations deal with whether the building [...] July 13th, 2008 | Tags: aesthetics, air tightness, approval, building regulations, Code for Sustainable Homes, Code for Sustainable Homes level 5, Code for Sustainable Homes level 6, construction, CSH level 6, demolishing, demolition, demolitions, disabled access, Eco label, Energy performance certificate, EPC, fees, habitat, health, health and safety, Hetas, home report, IP ratings, IP zones, law, legal models, loadings, party wall, planning, planning approval, planning permission, WEEE, wildlife, Wildlife and Countryside Act | Category: | 2 comments |
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