News archive for April, 2022
User Friendly Ventilation is Key to Mitigating Overheating
Posted on April 29th 2022
User friendly means of mitigating overheating are key but not necessarily cheap. The success of overheating mitigation is heavily reliant on occupant behaviour and usually includes either mechanical cooling or ventilation. The former guarantees internal temperatures of 22 °C while the latter can lead to spaces closer to 28 °C. Mechanical cooling has an estimated annual operational cost ranging between …
Reducing Heat Networks Losses for Part L 2021 Compliance
Posted on April 28th 2022
Heat losses (and their SAP counterpart – the Distribution Loss Factor – DLF) are a key aspect of achieving carbon & primary energy targets in Part L 2021, so its therefore important to understand how they can be lowered. We have looked at the impact of several heat loss reduction measures (see Figure 1). CP1 compliance enables use of a …
6 Weeks Remaining to Part L 2021, are You Prepared for the New Changes?
Posted on April 28th 2022
With only 6 weeks remaining to the Part L 2021, are you prepared for the new changes for developments not registered by the 15th June? As Part L comes into play, here is some new information about some of the main changes: New SAP software is not yet available, but is anticipated to be by the June 2022 deadline; Accredited …
Milton Keynes East – Planning Success
Posted on April 28th 2022
Featured image: Milton Keynes East Illustrative Masterplan © Produced by JTP We successfully supported St James Group (part of the Berkeley Group) and the wider design team to achieve planning consent for Milton Keynes East, a new mixed-use urban extension near Milton Keynes. The planning consent has secured outline permission for 4,000-4,600 homes, community facilities, approximately 400,000m2 of predominantly logistics …