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Non - Domestic Heating, Cooling and Ventilation Compliance Guide (2006 Edition)
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Format: Unknown
Publisher: NBS
Date Published: May 2006
Stock Code: 57646
ISBN: 9781859462263
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Description
This guide provides guidance on the means of complying with the requirements of Part L (2006 regulations, now superseded by the 2010 regulations) for conventional space heating systems, hot water systems, cooling and ventilation systems in non-domestic buildings. Its sets out the minimum provisions for:
- efficiency of the plant that generates heat, hot water or cooling;
- controls to ensure that the system is not generating heat, hot water or cooling unnecessarily or excessively;
- other factors affecting the safety or energy efficiency of the system;
- insulation of pipes and ducts serving space heating, hot water and cooling systems; and
- acceptable specific fan power ratings for fans serving aire distribution systems
The guide also provides a set of additional measures which may improve the efficiency of the plant; these are non-prescriptive may be either required or optional depending on the type of plant.
Important Announcement
References in the Approved Documents to Building Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2531) are now out of date because the Regulations have been consolidated into a new instrument: Building Regulations 2010. The Explanatory Memorandum published with this new instrument advises that the Regulations have been renumbered. It contains a table showing how the old numbering corresponds to the new numbering. A copy of the Amendment document can be downloaded here.
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