Tips & Insight
Cavity Insulation: Up the Wall with the New Regs
Changes in the regs will place big demands on the thermal performance of new builds after April 2014. One of the take home points for me was that current insula ...
TFEE – How to Pass the Target Fabric Energy Efficiency
New homes in England are now assessed on both a carbon target (TER) and a fabric target (TFEE). Designing to reduce carbon should be no secret. Good assessors ...
Part L 2013 – What Will It Take To Pass?
Using a new build farmhouse in rural Dorset, we look at the strategies used to achieve a pass in SAP 2009 and see what else might be needed when the new regs &# ...
Will We Soon See Climate Change Resilience In Building Regs?
The 2014 flooding in Somerset has interested us for two reasons. The scale of the destruction and response from communities in adversity was fascinating and wel ...
Zero Carbon Costs ‘Have Halved’
The extra cost of building a zero carbon home has halved according to research from the Zero Carbon Hub. The analysis, carried out by the Sweett Group, looked a ...
Part L 2013 – What Does It Mean To You?
After much delay, the government has finally released the much anticipated changes under Part L 2013 of the building regulations. What is changing…and wha ...
Great South Run Update!
We are very happy to report that Pete and Sarah completed the Great South Run last week, and are on track to raise £1000 in the process! As part of our continu ...
Want to Help Change a Life?
Some of you may know that Pete and his wife Sarah took on the Great South Run last year in aid of the Guide Dogs organisation – raising over £1000! Well ...
Thermal Bridging in SAP 2009
One of the most significant changes introduced in SAP 2009 was that affecting non-repeating thermal bridging. The full effect of the change is only now being fe ...
Do our assessment methods work?
We recently attended a BRE / University of Reading Workshop which explored the landscape of sustainable development. The workshop specifically considered how cu ...
Xtratherm Advanced Detailing Thermal Bridging Scheme Released
Xtratherm has created a new set of construction details know as Xtratherm Advanced Detailing to assist house builders in achieving improved u values. They are ...
The Code for Sustainable Homes – What Next?
Early this month a government consultation was announced which would review the usefulness of the Code for Sustainable Homes in driving zero carbon homes by 201 ...
Taking a Fabric First Approach
Jenny Smith Andrews at H+H, offers her views on why the Fabric First approach is the best foundation for building to the regs and higher. Using the correct meth ...
How Much Does BREEAM Cost?
Total floor area certified under BREEAM has doubled in the last two years, as the sustainability rating system becomes an increasingly powerful planning and mar ...
NPPF – What It Means For You
The aim of the National Planning Policy Framework is to make it easier for builders and developers to gain planning consent for the right sites, boosting jobs a ...
Waste Water Heat Recovery & Part L
We are always on the look out for innovative and cost effective ways to reduce energy use and assist in achieving Part L compliance. A Waste Water Heat Recovery ...
Pete & Sarahs Great Run – Update!
I wrote last time about my and Sarahs fundraising efforts leading up to the Great South Run. Well we are very proud to say that we made it round! It was a truly ...