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What you need to consider for the specification of heating systems

|Date: 13 Feb 2025

What you need to consider for the specification of heating systems

Here, Richard Crisp, Head of Chemistry at Fernox, outlines what housebuilders and developers need to cons ...

Here, Richard Crisp, Head of Chemistry at Fernox, outlines what housebuilders and developers need to consider for the specification of heating systems in new build properties to ensure the system is c ...

13 Feb 2025
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Freefoam Building Products talks net zero

|Date: 21 Oct 2024

Freefoam Building Products talks net zero

Time is ticking on the journey to net zero, but for housebuilders and developers, it’s not a journey they ...

Time is ticking on the journey to net zero, but for housebuilders and developers, it’s not a journey they need to make alone, says Colin St John, Commercial Director of Freefoam Building Products, whi ...

21 Oct 2024
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The next step in specification success

|Date: 22 Jun 2023

The next step in specification success

Matthew Prowse, specification and housing director for Knauf Insulation, discusses the changing Building ...

Matthew Prowse, specification and housing director for Knauf Insulation, discusses the changing Building Regulations and how housebuilders can keep ahead of the curve as the industry evolves. This mon ...

22 Jun 2023
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Wienerberger | An energy efficient future

|Date: 06 Dec 2022

Wienerberger | An energy efficient future

The drive for energy efficient homes is continuing at pace with the new approved Part L Building Regulati ...

The drive for energy efficient homes is continuing at pace with the new approved Part L Building Regulations now in place, setting new guidance for the energy efficiency standards of new properties in ...

06 Dec 2022
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Tradelink launches Smart Alitherm 400

|Date: 23 Nov 2022

Tradelink launches Smart Alitherm 400

Supplier of doors and windows, Tradelink, has moved to address the latest tightening of the Building Regu ...

Supplier of doors and windows, Tradelink, has moved to address the latest tightening of the Building Regulations, by adding the Smart Alitherm 400 system to its range of aluminium solutions; suitable ...

23 Nov 2022
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Part L Photographic Evidence: Is your process effective?

|Date: 28 Oct 2022

Part L Photographic Evidence: Is your process effective?

Zutec offers advice to housebuilders on achieving Part L compliance, the requirement for photographic evi ...

Zutec offers advice to housebuilders on achieving Part L compliance, the requirement for photographic evidence to demonstrate new homes meet efficiency targets and the benefits of using a construction ...

28 Oct 2022
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Marshalls | Time for a brick switch? 

|Date: 15 Sep 2022

Marshalls | Time for a brick switch? 

Marshalls outline why the recent changes to the building regulations could mean it is a good time to cons ...

Marshalls outline why the recent changes to the building regulations could mean it is a good time to consider switching to concrete bricks. From the 15th June 2022, changes were made to Approved Docu ...

15 Sep 2022
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EnviroVent | Ventilation specification

|Date: 08 Sep 2022

EnviroVent | Ventilation specification

Ruth MacEachern, Product Manager at EnviroVent, discusses the updated Building Regulations and how this c ...

Ruth MacEachern, Product Manager at EnviroVent, discusses the updated Building Regulations and how this could lead to a systems approach to ventilation. June 2022 saw updates to two regulatory documen ...

08 Sep 2022
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Special Report | Preparing for Part L

|Date: 21 Jul 2022

Special Report | Preparing for Part L

In light of of changes to Part L in June 2022, Mark Wilkins, Training and Technologies Director at Vailla ...

In light of of changes to Part L in June 2022, Mark Wilkins, Training and Technologies Director at Vaillant, looked at the considerations these regulation changes have on the provision of heating syst ...

21 Jul 2022
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Energy assessor accreditation scheme breaks ground with new government-approved SAP10.2 and SBEM software

|Date: 17 Jun 2022

Energy assessor accreditation scheme breaks ground with new government-approved SAP10.2 and SBEM software

Elmhurst Energy, the UK’s leading accreditation scheme for energy assessors, has launched vital software ...

Elmhurst Energy, the UK’s leading accreditation scheme for energy assessors, has launched vital software to ensure the housebuilding industry meets updated Building Regulations, taking a major step to ...

17 Jun 2022
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