Building regulations - energy standards and associated topics - proposed changes: consultation

Consultation on proposed changes to energy standards within Scottish building regulations, including related topics such as ventilation, overheating and electric vehicle charging provision.


Footnotes

1 See https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/406/contents/made

2 Information on the building standards system can be found at www.gov.scot/bsd

3 See https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/8/contents

4 Published at https://www.gov.scot/policies/building-standards/monitoring-improving-building-regulations/

5 https://www.gov.scot/publications/protecting-scotlands-future-governments-programme-scotland-2019-20/

6 https://consult.gov.scot/energy-and-climate-change-directorate/heat-in-buildings-strategy/

7 See http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/217736/0092637.pdf

8 See http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/217736/0113638.pdf

9 See https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2018/844

10 See https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/71/contents/made

11 See https://www.gov.scot/publications/new-build-heat-standard-scoping-consultation/

12 Scottish Greenhouse Gas statistics: 1990-2019 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

13 https://www.gov.scot/publications/securing-green-recovery-path-net-zero-update-climate-change-plan-20182032/

14 https://www.transport.gov.scot/publication/national-transport-strategy-2/

15 https://www.bregroup.com/sap/sap10/

16 https://consult.gov.scot/energy-and-climate-change-directorate/new-build-heat-standard/

17 See https://www.gov.scot/ISBN/978-1-80201-194-4

18 See https://www.gov.scot/ISBN/978-1-80201-192-0

19 See https://www.gov.scot/ISBN/978-1-80201-192-0

20 See https://consult.gov.scot/ energy-and-climate-change-directorate/heat-in-buildings-strategy/

21 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/9/contents/enacted

22 See https://consult.gov.scot/energy-and-climate-change-directorate/heat-in-buildings-strategy/

23 See https://consult.gov.scot/energy-and-climate-change-directorate/new-build-heat-standard/

24 ‘Journey to net zero’ - https://consult.gov.scot/energy-and-climate-change-directorate/heat-in-buildings-strategy/

25 Such work includes: The effect that increasing air-tightness may have on air quality within dwellings (BRE, 2012); Research Project To Investigate Occupier Influence On Indoor Air Quality In Dwellings (MEARU/ABC/ASSIST/ESRU, 2014); Ability of decentralised mechanical ventilation to act as ‘whole-house’ ventilation systems in new-build dwellings (MEARU/JGA/ABC/ESRU, 2018); and Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality in New Homes (AECOM Ltd, 2019).

26 Ability of decentralised mechanical ventilation to act as ‘whole-house’ ventilation systems in new-build dwellings (MEARU/JGA/ABC/ESRU, 2018)

27 Summary published at https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/148017305.pdf

28 https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/uk-housing-fit-for-the-future/

29 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-into-overheating-in-new-homes

30 https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/uk-housing-fit-for-the-future/

31 See here for the current regulation, commentary and schedule.

32 https://www.gov.scot/groups/ministerial-working-group-building-and-fire-safety/

33 https://www.gov.scot/publications/building-standards-compliance-and-enforcement-review-panel-minutes-index/

34 https://www.gov.scot/publications/building-standards-compliance-fire-safety-consultation-making-scotlands-buildings-safer/

35 https://www.gov.scot/groups/building-standards-futures-board/

36 https://www.gov.scot/publications/report-review-compliance-enforcement/

37 Scottish Greenhouse Gas statistics: 1990-2019 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

38 Securing a green recovery on a path to net zero: climate change plan 2018–2032 - update - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

39 National Transport Strategy 2

40 Electric vehicle charging device statistics: April 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

41 Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks and SP Energy Networks

42 Defined by the Department for Transport as a vehicle reported to emit less than 75g of CO2 from the tailpipe for every kilometre driven; Department for Transport Vehicle Licensing Statistics – VEH0132 Licensed Ultra-Low Emission Vehicles by Local Authority: United Kingdom

43 Department for Transport Vehicle Licensing Statistics – VEH0172 Ultra-Low Emission Vehicles registered for the first time by region: United Kingdom

44 As reported in Transport and Travel in Scotland 2019: Results from the Scottish Household Survey

45 Electric vehicle charging device statistics: April 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

46 Reducing Emissions in Scotland (December 2019) – Climate Change Committee 8th Annual Progress Report to Scottish Parliament

47 Scottish House Condition Survey averaged from 2016, 2017 and 2019 data.

48 This section uses the terminology applied by Directive 2018/844 rather than that what is used within Scottish building regulations so, for clarity, ‘dwellings’ or ‘domestic buildings’ fall under the umbrella of residential buildings and ‘non-domestic buildings’ are under non-residential buildings.

49 See section 0.3 - Building standards technical handbook 2020: domestic - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

50 Directive (EU) 2018/844 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency (Text with EEA relevance) (legislation.gov.uk)

51 See section 0.4 - Building standards technical handbook 2020: domestic - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

52 Data derived and adapted from Zap Map Home Charging Calculator: https://www.zap-map.com/tools/home-charging-calculator/

53 UK government Draft Impact Assessment Residential Charging Infrastructure Provision 24 June 2019

54 https://www.gov.scot/publications/housing-statistics-scotland-2019-key-trends-summary/

55 https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-non-domestic-energy-efficiency-baseline/

56 UK government Impact Assessment Non-Residential Charging Infrastructure Provision 24 June 2019

57 https://www.gov.scot/news/business-survey-2019/

58 A micro-isolated system needs to have an annual energy consumption of less than 500 GWh in 1996 as per paragraph 27 of Article 2 of EU Directive 2009/72

59 https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-planning-policy/pages/10/

60 See clause 4.1.1 at Building standards technical handbook 2020: domestic - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

61 See clause 4.1.1.at Building standards technical handbook 2020: non-domestic - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

62 https://www.gov.scot/policies/climate-change/

63 https://www.gov.scot/policies/building-standards/

64 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/8/contents

65 https://www.gov.scot/policies/building-standards/monitoring-improving-building-regulations/

66 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/406/contents

67https://www.gov.scot/publications/a-low-carbon-strategy-scotland-sullivan-report/

68 https://www.gov.scot/publications/low-carbon-building-standards-strategy-scotland-sullivan-report-2013-update/

69 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2009/pdf/asp_20090012_en.pdf

70 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2019/15/contents

71 https://www.gov.scot/publications/securing-green-recovery-path-net-zero-update-climate-change-plan-20182032/

72 https://www.gov.scot/publications/protecting-scotlands-future-governments-programme-scotland-2019-20/

73 https://consult.gov.scot/energy-and-climate-change-directorate/new-build-heat-standard/

74 https://consult.gov.scot/energy-and-climate-change-directorate/heat-in-buildings-strategy/

75 https://www.gov.scot/publications/transition-commission-national-mission-fairer-greener-scotland/

76 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2010/31/contents

77 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2018/844/contents

78 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/8/contents

79 https://www.gov.scot/publications/building-standards-energy-review-2021/

80 Publications listed at https://www.gov.scot/publications/building-standards-energy-review-2021/

81 Scottish domestic EPC is published at https://statistics.gov.scot/data/domestic-energy-performance-certificates

82 Scottish non-domestic EPC is published at https://statistics.gov.scot/data/non-domestic-energy-performance-certificates

83 The Scottish Type Approval System (STAS) operated by Local Authority Building Standards Scotland (LABSS, www.sabsm.co.uk) allows approved building types to be used throughout Scotland.

84 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2009/12/contents

85 https://www.bregroup.com/sap/sap10/

86 https://www.uk-ncm.org.uk/

Contact

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