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 the installation of energy efficiency measures in up to 1000 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 Construction Team Leader for Elmhurst Energy. The change was announced 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 and contains a specific section for Surveyors and EPC assessors. 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 have the size, resources and processes in place to ensure 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 the proposal and the practical implications, before discussing our own 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, then embarked on a countrywide tour of briefing events which 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 have carried out their own investigation: Following the publication of 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 on The Future Homes Standard. Within this consultation it was 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 Services Engineers (CIBSE) should be approved. The reasoning for this 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 the energy efficiency requirements for new homes in 2020. The Read more…