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Private Rented Sector Energy Efficiency Regulations (Domestic)
Posted on: 27 August 2014
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This consultation seeks views on the proposed regulations under the Energy Act 2011 to provide tenants with a right to request consent to energy efficiency improvements and a minimum energy efficiency standard for properties in the domestic private rented sector in England and Wales.
Delivering sustainable buildings: Savings and payback
Posted on: 22 August 2014
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New research is challenging the perception that sustainable buildings are more costly to construct by presenting costs and savings associated with a range of sustainable building strategies. The research team from Sweett Group and BRE has applied cost data from real construction projects to three case study buildings, an office, secondary school and community healthcare centre, to produce detailed capital and operational cost information. Their report presents the costs of a range of individual sustainability strategies, and the additional costs (if any) of achieving various levels of overall building sustainability. In addition it reveals the associated payback to be gained from reduced utility costs. Price £45.
Financing opportunities for energy efficiency in housing
Posted on: 4 August 2014
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This report highlights the discussions and outcomes from a conference and study visit held in Barcelona, Spain in February 2014 as part of the Power House nearly Zero Energy Challenge. The report concludes with some recommendations for social housing providers in warm/Mediterranean climates in order for them to take advantage of the finance opportunities in energy efficiency offered by the EU and other schemes available in their countries.
BREEAM UK Refurbishment & Fit-Out 2014
Posted on: 21 July 2014
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After two years of piloting, industry consultation and development, the draft 2014 version of the BREEAM UK Refurbishment and Fit-out scheme has now been published. The following documents are available via the Resources section of the BREEAM website (you will need to register with the website to access these documents): Draft BREEAM UK Refurbishment and Fit-Out (RFO) 2014 technical manual; Consultation document introducing the scheme, how it has been developed, the launch programme and details about which aspects are being consulting on; a scoping tool to allow assessors to identify the assessment criteria that would apply to different refurbishment or fit-out project types; and a summary of differences compared to the BREEAM New Construction 2014 scheme and the BREEAM 2008 version that most refurbishment or fit-out projects currently use.
Towards zero carbon
Posted on: 17 July 2014
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The government has recently published its reply to the consultation document, ‘Next step to zero carbon homes – Allowable solutions’. This reply details the probable future policy in relation to ‘allowable solutions ‘for new build homes in the UK. That reply document is briefly discussed here.
Resource efficiency opportunities in the building sector
Posted on: 4 July 2014
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The European Commission has adopted new proposals which aim to reduce the environmental impacts of new and renovated buildings by increasing resource efficiency and improving the information available about the environmental performance of buildings.
Evaluating the effectiveness of energy efficiency policies in the domestic real estate sector
Posted on: 3 July 2014
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Commissioned by the Green Construction Board’s Valuation & Demand Group, the Association for the Conservation of Energy, in partnership with Sweett Group, has delivered a comprehensive but high level qualitative and quantitative review of energy policies targeted at residential buildings over the last 20 years. The main purpose of the work is to support the civil service to maintain a long view on ‘what works’ in residential energy efficiency programmes as staff are turned over. The outputs have been brought together in an interactive dashboard designed as a tool to bring officials up to speed on residential energy efficiency programmes quickly. This is accompanied by a full report and an executive summary. To date, the tool has been presented to, and tested with, DECC, BIS, the Cabinet Office.
The application of innovative materials, products and processes to meet the Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4 energy performance
Posted on: 2 July 2014
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AIMC4 is a unique partnership of companies, created to research, develop and pioneer the volume production of the low carbon homes for the future. The AIMC4 consortium aims to develop and apply innovative materials, products and process to meet the Governments Code for Sustainable Homes, Level 4 energy performance, through innovative fabric and building services solutions only thus embedding reduced carbon emissions within the performance of the dwelling. Presentations from a conference held on 16 June 2014 are available online together with a series of seven publications that takes you through the lessons from the AIMC4 Project. The seven Information Papers cover a range of learning outcomes including Supply chain development; Technical development of designs; Understanding value, Lean techniques and benchmarking; As-built performance and post occupancy evaluation; Ventilation and indoor air quality; and Commercial: Delivery costs and household energy bills.
CBx
Posted on: 2 July 2014
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The public forum for building energy professionals, at the cutting-edge of narrowing the performance gap through sharing data, information and best practice. Its mission is to provide property professionals with the tools to understand and validate energy and carbon data to reduce the performance gap in buildings.
BRE Buzz
Posted on: 27 June 2014
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BRE Buzz is the online community which connects built environment professionals, academics and activists, and encourages change and innovation to help shape the future of the world in which we live.
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