Revision of the UK Building Regulations - New Parts L & F 2006
 

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) is responsible for enacting the measures contained in the Directive, and for integrating most of the legislation required in order to transform the Directive into UK law.
 

News plans for national energy efficiency measures to boost efforts to tackle climate change and reduce energy costs by more than £3billion a year were published in April 2004 (see Links & Downloads box).

A main revision of the Part L (Conservation of fuel and power) UK Building Regulations has been enforced in April 2006, in order to incorporate the new measures necessitated by the EU Directive.

A color-coded Energy Certificate, similar to the EU Label for white goods, will have to be produced for all new and renovated buildings. Each certificate will outline the predicted energy performance and likely energy running costs of the building, house, or flat. This will allow prospective buyers and renters to compare similar buildings and houses based on their energy-efficiency, and thus on their predicted running utility (electricity and energy) costs.
 

> EU Directive on Energy Performance of Buildings

> Complying with Building Regulations

> Air-tightness Design

> NHER & SAP Energy Ratings

If every household in the UK replaced 2 incandescent light bulbs with energy efficient ones (Compact Fluorescent Lamps [CFLs]), the amount of energy saved would be equivalent to a large coal power station --around 12,000GWh.