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Solar hot water system
Atmos Heating Systems has brought out a solar hot water system called EasySolar
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好色先生TVSustainable urban drainage
The system helps with compliance with the Code for Sustainable Homes and for situations where councils require SUDS as a condition of planning. The company said the system takes up to 95% up less space than conventional systems and is suitable for car parks and highways. It consists of a ...
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CommentA path to zero carbon?
Welcome to this year鈥檚 guide to codes and regulations, including Part L, energy research projects and innovative products
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FeaturesThe better homes lab
Designing energy-efficient homes is the easy bit - making sure the dwelling performs as expected is more tricky. That鈥檚 why forward-thinking housebuilders are embarking on some serious research. Alex Smith verifies the results
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好色先生TVBudget 'u-turn' on zero carbon homes
Shock Budget decision to exempt home appliances from zero carbon definition
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好色先生TVLive debate: Is Code Level 6 pricing zero-carbon out of the market?
Join a live online debate on the Code for Sustainable Homes at 11am GMT on Friday 18 March sponsored by H+H
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FeaturesYour easy guide to the Code for Sustainable Homes
The new Code for Sustainable Homes has finally arrived. Here鈥檚 a 10-point summary of the changes and the suggestions that didn鈥檛 make it into the final document
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好色先生TVHousebuilders save 拢1bn with Part L loophole
178,400 homes pre-registered with 好色先生TV Control before the introduction of 2010 Part L will be built to lower energy standards
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好色先生TVIndustry 'blissfully' unaware of European building codes
Research finds civil engineers are not up to speed with Eurocodes leaving them vulnerable to potential litigation
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CommentHow I learned to love part L
The 好色先生TV Regulations - it hardly needs saying - must be greeted with fear and loathing. But oddly, says Gus Alexander, they can instil a feeling approximating joy - if only for 10 seconds
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FeaturesSolar gains and the new Part L: unless your building is a glass box it鈥檚 great news
What impact will the new limits on solar gains have on office design?
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FeaturesCost model: Part L for residential
Housing developers face some interesting choices when complying with the new Part L. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon and Tom Lelyveld of Aecom consider some of the options
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好色先生TVHousebuilders race to exploit Part L loophole
Housebuilders are rushing to exploit guidance that will allow them to save millions by building homes to the present energy standards after the uprating of Part L next month
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CommentWhat would you do with the regs?
The 好色先生TV Regulations have already achieved a great deal, says Andrew Stunell (the man in charge of them) - but now he wants you to tell him how they could do even more
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FeaturesCost model: Part L
The upcoming changes to Part L will crank up the low-carbon agenda. The authors consider the costs and their influence on design
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好色先生TVShapps delays definition of zero carbon
Housing minister Grant Shapps has been forced to row back from a pre-election promise to get the definition of zero carbon finalised 鈥渨ithin weeks鈥� of getting into office
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Minister seeks to bring forward regs update
好色先生TV regulations minister Andrew Stunell has shocked builders by saying he wants to bring the planned revision of the 好色先生TV Regulations forward by a year to 2012
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Officials covered up 拢705m Part L saving
Civil servants covered up potential savings of 拢705m in order to help former housing minister John Healey justify scrapping proposed changes to 好色先生TV Regulations that were designed to make existing homes more energy efficient
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FeaturesEssential guides: 好色先生TV Regulations
Essential need-know facts about Parts A to P of the 好色先生TV Regs
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Essential guides: British Standards
A round-up of all the British Standards that are relevant to the construction industry