Hybridised construction products, such as polyethylene pre-insulated MLCP pipes, are slipping through the regulatory gaps. Chris Ridge, from the Thermal Insulation Contractors Association, believes informed specification and rigorous scrutiny may be the only safeguard against performance shortfalls and hidden compliance risks
Tag: Regulations
Flying the standard: the pilots backing the Net Zero Carbon Building Standard
More than 220 projects are piloting the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard, due to be released later this year. Greengage’s Amrita Dasgupta Shekhar analyses the project cohort and looks at the process heralding a new era of net zero buildings
A climate of risk
Hywel Davies explores an emerging aspect of legislation: directors’ duties in relation to climate change risks
The road to net zero emissions by 2030
We urgently need performance-led policy, based on metrics that drive net zero energy projects, says Clara Bagenal George
Don’t get MEES wrong – but guidance is not top-rated
In February, the government published official guidance on the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard for non-domestic properties. Hywel Davies gives an outline of the guidance and identifies some outstanding questions
Breaking up is hard – and there’s no standard formula
Hywel Davies looks at what Brexit means for European Standards and the Eurocodes
Changing times – trends for 2017
Industry experts predict the trends that will dominate building services in 2017
A tight call – what you need to know about airtightness testing
Hywel Davies reviews the criteria for airtightness testing and for testers
Why the London Plan is targeting zero carbon
Hywel Davies discusses the implications for new developments in the capital
Building on Brexit
Julie Godefroy presents her manifesto for a post-Brexit low carbon Britain