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Building Regulations Current and future changes

Building Regulations Current and future changes. Speaker: Andy Thomas MRICS MBEng MBA FFB m 07968 725075 e andy.thomas@byl.co.uk. History – 1666 – The Great Fire. Charles II Declaration –

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Building Regulations Current and future changes

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  1. Building Regulations Current and future changes Speaker: Andy Thomas MRICS MBEng MBA FFB m07968 725075 eandy.thomas@byl.co.uk

  2. History – 1666 – The Great Fire Charles II Declaration – This Act forbids the construction of any buildings until a new design has been developed and orders the City authorities to pull down any illegally built houses. Any new houses will be made from brick or stone, instead of timber. Industries using fires, such as brewing and dyeing, should be separated from inhabited areas.

  3. Fire safety – are we winning ? 1985 967 deaths 2005 376 2012 287 25 people in “non-domestic” Twice as many people die in Scotland compared to England and Wales. 43 deaths in dwellings were from arson No firefighters died in 2012 (2 in 2011)

  4. Where is it going wrong ? • Kitchen 49 deaths • Lounge / dining room 101 • Bedroom 70 • Airing cupboard 1 • Loft space 4 • 1988 – 8% of homes had alarms – 2012 over 86% • 38% of the time did the fire alarm operate and raise the alarm • 39% of battery alarms failed and 19% of mains alarms • 34% of fires had no alarm

  5. Why else are we doing this ? 2012 Death statistics Stairs 655 Ladder 53 Falling out of building 91 Drowned in bath 29 Drowned in swimming pool 3 Radon 1100+ CO2 100

  6. Larkanal Fire – Coroner investigation • Issues to consider - • 6 Deaths • Fire on 3 floors • Stay put policy • Balcony MOE

  7. Political / Legal agenda DE-REGULATE and Streamline Legislation Government policy - One in / One (Two) out cost policy Small Business moratorium for new Regs until 2014 Your Freedoms – restoring liberty CUT RED TAPE strategy Green Deal – supporting financial impact 2010 Spending review – support Housebuilding Housing Standards Review – Taylor / Harman report

  8. Taylor report on Planning • Key Conclusions - • Planning “unfit for purpose” – “never effectively managed” • Out of date and poor Policy and standards documents • Conflict with other regulations and contradict own guidance • Large range of variation in policy application • 200 documents 7000 pages - some from 1960’s • Needs to exclude all that is unnecessary – even if well intentioned • Planning Law is unclear requiring guidance to be subjective

  9. Harman Review on Standards • Key concepts - • Large number of complex and overlapping Standards • End the “alphabet soup” of local building standards • Sweep away bureaucratic assessment regimes • Need to simplify and rationalise • Misuse of guidance

  10. Housing Standards Review • Our brief - • To significantly rationalise the untenable forest of Codes, Standards, rules, regulations and guidance that add unnecessary cost and complexity to the house-building process, to report by Spring 2013. • In doing so, the aim is to achieve tangible deregulation, to enable housing developments to be brought forward more easily. • Working teams • Energy • Space • Water • Security • Accessibility

  11. Deregulation – offsetting costs Balancing burden Warranty link rule – removed Part P requirements – reduced Local Acts – repealed Statutory notifications – reduced Enforcement – improved Competent persons – increased New Part K clarifying guidance Reduced requirements for EPC’s

  12. Strategy for Change – 2013 1. Changes to Part L 2010 (early 2013) 2. New Part K and New Part L 3. Amendments to Part P,B,C,D,E,F,G,J,K,M 4. System / Building Regs procedures 5. EPC, DEC, EPBD changes 6. New Regulation 7 http://www.communities.gov.uk http://www.planningportal.gov.uk

  13. Government and EU strategy

  14. The true Building Carbon footprint

  15. Regulated Energy – the Government Carbon target definition • Definition 1 – What is covered in the Building Regulations • Not Process • Not Small power use (plug based power) • Not Materials • Not Embodied energy • Not Lifts and Escalators

  16. Where we get our fuel from

  17. Energy Statistics (UK)

  18. How electricity is created

  19. 2006 to 2020 – setting targets Zero Carbon Building Regs target

  20. 4 Key steps to Zero Carbon • Solar gains - fixed allowable value – • design will fail if this is exceeded • 2. Less energy use • a. Minimising demand • b. High efficiency plant & lighting • 3.Generation / renewable energy • 4. Allowable Solutions ?

  21. The Carbon Triangle

  22. Reasonable ?

  23. Positive steps • Reduced Regulations • Reducing burden • Clarity of guidance • Removing Planning conflict • Identifying and reviewing problem areas • Making buildings more efficient

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