13/01/2012

BRE has, on behalf of DECC*, launched a public consultation on the latest proposed changes to SAP – the Standard Assessment Procedure for the Energy Rating of Dwellings.

A principal purpose for the new SAP 2012 will be to underpin the 2013 update of Part L of the Building Regulations and equivalent legislation in Wales, Scotland and N Ireland. Proposed improvements cover the treatment of boiler systems, the use of regional weather data, default heat pump performance, pipe insulation and thermal bridging.The consultation also proposes amendments to CO₂ emission factors so as to include the global warming impact of CH₄ and N₂O emissions as well as CO₂. To see the proposed changes and have your say on them, go to www.bre.co.uk/sap2012.

 

For further information contact Linda McKeown, email mckeownl@bre.co.uk, tel 01923 664569 

NOTES TO EDITOR

* Department of Energy & Climate Change

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