consultations blog

A Curate's Egg of a Consultation
Brian Scannell

At the start of March CLG published a consultation document “Making better use of Energy Performance Certificates and data”.

The consultation got rather overshadowed by the “Warm Homes, Greener Homes” strategy document which was published with DECC at the same time.

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10 ways that SAP 2009 will impact you
Dyfrig Hughes

The final version of the SAP 2009 methodology was published on March 23rd 2010. This article from Dyfrig Hughes of National Energy Services updates his previous article and summarises the key changes that will most affect builders and designers.

SAP 2009: Overview

SAP 2009 contains a number of things that will impact substantially on design and construction practice. We will not know the full extent until Part L 2010 is released, but the changes in SAP 2009 will in themselves have a considerable impact.

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FEES: Too easy, too hard, about right?
Dyfrig Hughes

No promises, but the wait for the finalised SAP 2009 and Part L should be over soon! The finalised documents are expected by 1 April, leaving 6 months for Accreditation schemes to get their SAP software updated and ready for a 4 October launch. The imminent election is not expected to scupper this, as long as the civil servants get it out in time.

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HEA RIP, or rising HEMS?
Brian Scannell

I’ve been very critical of the way the Home Energy Advisor role was undermined before it ever saw the light of day.

Back in late 2007 when the idea first emerged, the HEA was to be an evolution of the DEA role. Extra knowledge and skills were considered necessary to better equip DEA to provide face-to-face advice to homeowner - in particular those who weren’t planning to move home, but wanted to reduce the energy wasted within their home. An excellent idea.

Then things started to go wrong and seemed to keep going wrong.

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Our new blog - and a new consultation
Brian Scannell

Welcome to the first blog post on the new NES website. On the Insights Blog we'll be posting comments, opinions and general goings-on from the world of energy efficiency and beyond.

We hope you'll like it - and that you'll join in the conversation by commenting below.

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