Energy Matters | Issue 10 | 2022
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To help the industry meet this challenge Elmhurst has launched an Overheating Competency Scheme.
The new regulations are here! On 15th June 2022 the long awaited new versions of Part F and L and brand new Parts O and S came into force in Building Regulations for England. The four new Approved Documents introduce many key changes in the way new build homes are constructed, and, in regards to Part L, is an interim step towards the Future Homes Standard in 2025. Jason Hewins New Build Dwellings Manager
Part L 2021 is the first revision to Part L in almost ten years. The new version introduces new compliance metrics, tougher fabric standards, reduced carbon emissions and changes to the compliance processes. There have also been changes aimed at reducing the performance gap which has seen the introduction
of the requirement for photographic evidence of the construction. This is a significant addition and will require various photographs to be taken throughout construction and supplied to the energy assessor and Building Control Body. There has been much industry discussion and debate on how this will work in practice, and to support our members Elmhurst released its ‘Guide to photographic evidence in new homes’. Since Part L and SAP 10.2 were published last December, Elmhurst has been working hard to ensure Design SAP 10 achieved approval by the BRE as soon as possible. Unfortunately since December there have been a number of revisions to the SAP 10.2 methodology and ‘test cases’ used for the BRE approval process, which has resulted in difficulties for all SAP software providers to achieve approval. In
