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…
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 2nd October. Our sister company, Elmhurst Energy, then embarked on 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 of approving a methodology that was independent of all organisations 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 as expected proposes changes to ‘Part F’- the ventilation standards. 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 zero carbo emissions by 2050, the energy efficiency of the 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 for manual entry of data and minimising the risk of 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, comparing it to both the previous quarter and previous period 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 this specialised field of energy efficiency assessment. Jennifer commented: “It Read more…
The Independent AirTightness Testing Scheme (iATS) Ltd has recently updated its Professional Indemnity (PI) and Public Liability (PL) insurance for the lodgement of Air Tightness Tests. The Conditions of Authorisation produced by MHCLG, confirms that all registered Air Testers must have an appropriate level of insurance in place which meets Read more…
Elmhurst Energy have just released their latest edition of the Energy Matters magazine. This publication covers all the latest news from the energy assessment and energy efficiency industry, some of which may be of interest to iATS Members. This edition covers: The iATS Relaunch Making Sense of Non-Domestic MEES with Read more…