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Part L2A 2010: A case study
Juan Garcia

Mel Starrs recently published a worked Part L2A case study on her blog, Elemental. It’s a great article, and anyone with an interest in Part L2A should read it. Mel correctly identifies many of the issues with Building Regulations Part L2A compliance.

I wanted to highlight a few points Mel made and add my own thoughts:

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Old Homes, New Regs: An overview of the 2010 changes to Approved Document L1B
Dyfrig Hughes

The changes to SAP and Part L are fast approaching. National Energy Services has already produced software to preview the changes, workshops to discuss how they will affect you, and we have also launched a package of online CPD for On Construction DEAs and any other interested parties to dig deeper into the subject.

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EPBD Recast, Redux
Brian Scannell

There has been some industry talk this week about what the implementation of the EPBD recast will mean for estate agents and energy assessors. This is an important issue and I suspect it will have an impact much sooner than the deadline of 2012. But we need to be clear about what the legislation demands – and what we need to persuade the Government to do that goes beyond the minimum.

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So what is the Green Deal?
Brian Scannell

The “Green Deal” has been making headlines for months.

High profile Conservatives, including David Cameron and Grant Shapps, have talked about homeowners being entitled to spend up to £6,500 improving the energy efficiency of their home. Repayment will be from savings in future energy bills – but with the homeowner still seeing an overall saving. Crucially, if the property is sold, the repayment will continue to be made through the energy bills by the new owner.

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Can Energy Assessors add value to the EPC?
Hilary Grayson

It is only a couple of weeks since we were at the Property Professional Show in Birmingham and I last wrote a blog post, but some how it feels like much longer than that. For a start I have had a holiday – and while I would love to share with you the beauty of the Alhambra in Granada, southern Spain, this blog was not created for me to post my holiday snaps. What I will share with you though are two observations which are energy related.

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