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Comment on Who needs Energy Performance Certificates anyway? by lee

lee — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:38:57 +0000

This is a form of carrot and stick. Motive and pride for doing well. But shame for a poor result… so it works!

Comment on Who needs Energy Performance Certificates anyway? by Roger Lawrie

Roger Lawrie — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:26:12 +0000

With HIPS gone, there is still a requirement for Energy Performance Certificates, but many businesses don’t realise there are also regulations on Air conditioning Inspection and this is not part of the normal service and maintenance regime.

CIBSE has just launched their “Non Compliance Costs Campaign”, as there is compelling case supporting the need for Air conditioning Inspection. Energy Performance Air conditioning Inspections are enabling significant energy savings to be made. These inspections are required as part of Climate Change legislation, yet despite a payback often measured only in months, CIBSE (The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) report that rates of compliance are less than 5%.

http://www.air-conditioninginspection.co.uk provides lots of useful information and guidance on the requirement for independent a/c energy assessment and points out that inspection is the responsibility of the system operator, who is often the tenant.

Comment on Why do Electric Heating and Part L Reports not get on? by Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:21:04 +0000

@MikeC
Hi Mike. Thanks for your comment!
Our assessors have regular conversations with builders and architects about this topic… With the Government driving towards zero carbon homes in the next six years, they are looking to make new dwellings (A) as efficient as possible and (B) as carbon nautral as possible.
Some feel the next few years will see our building regulations begin to veer more towards the PassivHaus idea: lots more insulation and much more air tight houses.. building in this way would drastically cut heating requirements and therefore lead to a cut in energy use, regardless of fuel type.
Who can say? We’re not going to second guess any future changes to the regulations!

Comment on BREEAM: A crash course by Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:36:15 +0000

True: I’ll hold my hands up to that one. Match Point to Martin!
For being so eagle-eyed, we’ll send you a prezzie… give us your company address and full name, and we’ll whack a choccie bar or two in the post!

Comment on BREEAM: A crash course by Martin

Martin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:11:40 +0000

Erm… BREEAM actually stands for the ‘Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method’, not the ‘Building Research Establishment Energy Assessment Model’…

Comment on Why do Electric Heating and Part L Reports not get on? by MikeC

MikeC — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:17:45 +0000

But when oil is approaching, or at, global peak production, and gas predicted to be not far behind, then is it wise to be advising those inputs (in the long-run)?

Interesting blog, BTW - keep it up.