Xtratherm UK Ltd

The Government has updated Part L of the Building Regulations. The update is intended to improve the energy efficiency of new buildings by approximately 25%, improve the correlation between the predicted and actual performance of new buildings, continue along the path towards zerocarbon new buildings within the next decade and to promote improvement of the existing building stock Guidance appears in four new editions of the Part L Approved Documents, which will come into force on 1 October 2010: - Approved Document L1A - New Dwellings - Approved Document L1B - Existing Dwellings - Approved Document L2A - New Buildings Other than Dwellings - Approved Document L2B - Existing Buildings Other than Dwellings

The drive toward ever more energy efficient buildings, whether in domestic or commercial, relies heavily on providing a well insulated building fabric. This presentation is the first in a series looking at fabric performance under the code for Sustainable Homes. The seminar will cover: - The road map to Zero-Carbon and the role of the Code for Sustainable Homes - The introduction of the EPBD and energy labelling and the drivers of Part L change - Part L 2006 - The starting point on the road - Part L 2006 - The 5 criteria to compliance - Fabric performance and the role of thermal bridging and air tightness - Compliance example specification

The drive toward ever more energy efficient buildings, whether in domestic or commercial, relies heavily on providing a well insulated building fabric. This presentation, the second on the Code for Sustainable Homes looks at fabric performance to achieve Code 3 and above: - The introduction of the Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH), and Part L revision - CSH-the points system and where they are collected - Fabric performance-the priority category - Fabric performance-compliance target U-values - Compliance example specification