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…
Yesterday the Welsh Government released its consultation on changes to Part L (Conservation of Fuel and Power) and Part F (Ventilation) of the Building Regulations for new dwellings. The Welsh Government states: “This consultation sets out our plans to improve Read more…
On 1st October 2019 Government’s Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published The Future Homes Standard consultation. iATS communicated its publication and summarised the changes for air tightness testers which was published as a news item on the Read more…
Yesterday the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) published a draft consultation of its airtightness testing methodology, which can be viewed here. This follows the government’s announcement in the Future Homes Standard Consultation that they were in the the process Read more…
Yesterday the government released the long awaited consultation on changes to Part L and Part F of the UK Building Regulations. The Future Home Standard consultation proposes options for raising the bar on energy efficiency standards for new build homes, and Read more…
The long-awaited PAS 2035 framework has been released, which is the standard to which all retrofit energy efficiency measures should adhere to. But why is this good news for iATS members? In order to meet the government’s target of net Read more…
The Independent AirTightness Scheme (iATS) is pleased to announce its new integration facility with software provider Retrotec. iATS members who use Retroctec’s ‘FanTestic’ software will now be able to seamlessly transfer data into the iATS lodgement portal, eliminating the need Read more…
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has released a report showing a 1 per cent increase in new dwelling starts compared to the same period last year. The report examines the period January 2019 to March 2019, Read more…
Last week the Independent AirTightness Testing Scheme (iATS) was pleased to join Elmhurst Energy at the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) event in Newcastle. iATS scheme coordinator Jennifer Hartley was on hand to meet conference attendees and talk about Read more…
