The new Energy Performance of Buildings Central Register was launched on 20th September 2020 for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. What has changed? The new Energy Performance of Buildings Central Register has consolidated the existing England, Wales and Northern Ireland domestic Read more…
The Welsh Government has announced a £9.5 million programme to support the energy efficient and low-carbon retrofit of social housing in Wales. The Optimised Retrofit Programme (ORP), is part of the Welsh government’s larger Innovative Housing Programme, and will fund Read more…
Last week we said good bye to iATS Scheme Coordinator Jennifer Hartley, who has gone on maternity leave (but don’t worry, she’ll be back!) The day-to-day running of the scheme will be overseen by Jason Hewins, who is the On Read more…
The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) announced on Wednesday that anyone in England can move house if they follow the new guidance that has been published. This guidance applies to people buying or selling private residential homes Read more…
The health and wellbeing of our members, colleagues and the wider community remains our top priority in the midst of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. iATS is supported by Elmhurst Energy, the largest EPC accreditation business in the UK, and we Read more…
On 19th December 2019 Welsh Government published the Building Regulations Part F and L review consultation. Our sister company, Elmhurst Energy, then embarked on a tour of briefing events. At each event they explained the context of the changes, details of Read more…
On 1st October 2019 Government’s MHCLG published The Future Homes Standard consultation. iATS communicated it’s publication and summarised the changes for air tightness testers which was published as a news item on the 2nd October. Our sister company, Elmhurst Energy, Read more…
There has been much coverage in the press and on social media that the proposed changes to the building regulations in England could result in homes that are worse than the current standards. Elmhurst Energy (owners of iATS) disagree and Read more…
On 17th October 2019, the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) released a revised draft of TM23: Testing buildings for air leakage, for consultation. This was in response to the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Governments (MHCLG) consultation Read more…
On 1st October 2019, the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published The Future Homes Standard consultation. Within Chapter 5 of this consultation, it was proposed that an airtightness testing methodology written by the Chartered Institution of Building Read more…
