'f' is for ventilation and 'l' is for energy efficiency
The Office of the Deputy Prime
Minister (ODPM) has announced changes to the Building Regulations
from 6 April 2006. The ODPM website states that the changes have
been introduced to make buildings more energy efficient by saving
one million tonnes of carbon per year.
As with the existing Building
Regulations, the new measures are relevant when you (or an
occupier) contemplate works to a property or you decide to buy a
property where specific works have been completed.
Part F of the Building Regulations
deals with ventilation and part L covers energy efficiency.
The documents outlining the new
measures are still in draft versions on the ODPM website. We will
return to this topic in our next newsletter.
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