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Part Z amendment and embodied carbon regulation

|Date: 28 July, 2022

Part Z amendment and embodied carbon regulation

Head of Sustainability at Whitecode, Ellen Huelin, takes a look at the proposed Part Z amendment to the B ...

Head of Sustainability at Whitecode, Ellen Huelin, takes a look at the proposed Part Z amendment to the Building Regulations and the concept of embodied carbon regulation. Ellen argues that without su ...

28 July, 2022
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July heatwave: Preparing the built environment for intensifying heatwaves

|Date: 18 July, 2022

July heatwave: Preparing the built environment for intensifying heatwaves

Richard Tibenham, Business Development Manager at built environment climate tech firm, IES, discusses wha ...

Richard Tibenham, Business Development Manager at built environment climate tech firm, IES, discusses what climate change and its subsequent unusual weather conditions mean for building energy use and ...

18 July, 2022
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Pyroguard | Bring glass balconies back

|Date: 6 July, 2022

Pyroguard | Bring glass balconies back

When it comes to high-rise social housing, glass balconies can be a great way to offer tenants access to ...

When it comes to high-rise social housing, glass balconies can be a great way to offer tenants access to their own private outdoor space — all part of the push to create the high-quality social housin ...

6 July, 2022
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Whitecode Consulting | Setting standards for overheating in new residential buildings

|Date: 1 July, 2022

Whitecode Consulting | Setting standards for overheating in new residential buildings

Despite dire predictions that mortality rates from overheating are expected to rise*, the Government has ...

Despite dire predictions that mortality rates from overheating are expected to rise*, the Government has only just recognised the need to regulate in this area. Overheating, Approved Document O of the ...

1 July, 2022
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Winkhaus | Fire doorset specifications

|Date: 28 June, 2022

Winkhaus | Fire doorset specifications

Have your fire doorset specifications changed in line with legislation? For over a decade the Winkhaus UK ...

Have your fire doorset specifications changed in line with legislation? For over a decade the Winkhaus UK technical team has been involved in the creation and implementation of the latest standards an ...

28 June, 2022
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Smartlouvre release Part O whitepaper

|Date: 27 June, 2022

Smartlouvre release Part O whitepaper

A new UK Building Regulation is here. Part O came into effect on the 15th June 2022 and deals with the gr ...

A new UK Building Regulation is here. Part O came into effect on the 15th June 2022 and deals with the growing issue of buildings being designed and constructed without due consideration to the buildi ...

27 June, 2022
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Changes to Part L an important milestone

|Date: 20 June, 2022

Changes to Part L an important milestone

The changes to Part L provide a welcome foundation towards achieving the energy performance requirements ...

The changes to Part L provide a welcome foundation towards achieving the energy performance requirements set out in the Government’s Future Homes Standard, says Stuart Nicholson, Roof Systems Director ...

20 June, 2022
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Window specifiers advised to ‘fact check’ around Future Homes as new regs come into force

|Date: 7 June, 2022

Window specifiers advised to ‘fact check’ around Future Homes as new regs come into force

Window specifiers in the local authority sector are being urged to pay close attention to the latest info ...

Window specifiers in the local authority sector are being urged to pay close attention to the latest information regarding the Future Homes Standard as the first changes officially come into force on ...

7 June, 2022
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Zutec builds digital solution for Part L 2021 photographic evidence compliance

|Date: 30 May, 2022

Zutec builds digital solution for Part L 2021 photographic evidence compliance

Zutec has launched a new digital tool to overcome the challenge of capturing, recording, marking-up, trac ...

Zutec has launched a new digital tool to overcome the challenge of capturing, recording, marking-up, tracing back and easily sharing geo-located photographic evidence through the house build stage. Fr ...

30 May, 2022
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Marley | Solar can help councils meet the Part L challenge

|Date: 27 May, 2022

Marley | Solar can help councils meet the Part L challenge

Local authorities, like others responsible for building and maintaining the nation's housing stock, are p ...

Local authorities, like others responsible for building and maintaining the nation's housing stock, are poised for the impact of Part L of the Building Regulations when it is introduced in June this y ...

27 May, 2022
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