Vent-Axia has published an eBook – ‘A Guide to Meeting Part O with Confidence’.
Aimed at UK housebuilders, the publication provides guidance on overheating, helping to identify solutions that balance comfort, compliance, and performance.
As new residential properties have become more thermally efficient, to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions to help meet the 2050 Net-Zero target, they are increasingly prone to overheating. Recognising the seriousness of the issue, the UK government introduced Approved Document O of the Building Regulations in 2021. Vent-Axia’s eBook aims to provide an understanding of the regulation and how and when ventilation can be applied to help mitigate overheating.
Written by Vent-Axia the eBook is designed to help housebuilders tackle overheating in homes as it becomes a recognised industry challenge. Offering housebuilders valuable guidance, the publication clearly provides a wealth of information, including explaining the context of overheating in the UK and why it matters, as well as setting out the requirements needed to comply with Part O and related regulations. The eBook also includes a practical overheating design checklist, and explains how Passivhaus principles affect heating and cooling loads in new-build properties.
Steve Pearce, Product Manager at Vent-Axia, said: “Vent-Axia is keen to support housebuilders as they face the increasing challenge of overheating in new build homes, which is a growing issue as buildings become more airtight and global temperatures continue to rise.
“Our new eBook therefore provides housebuilders with support and advice on how to mitigate overheating risk and comply with Part O and TM59 standards. With an overheating design checklist, DSM practical guidance, and ventilation-integrated cooling advice, the eBook ensures that housebuilders are well equipped to mitigate overheating with ventilation.”
To find out more about the eBook from Vent-Axia, you can download it by signing up for the eBook guide here.
