Overheating Risk in New Dwellings
The assessment of overheating risk in new dwellings within SAP has often been criticised as not detailed enough, particularly for high risk scenarios Although the assessment of overheating risk currently sits in AD L1A, it was not part of the Future Homes Standard consultation issued last year. Overheating buildings is a particular area of concern for the Government and this consultation proposes the following changes; Introduce a new regulatory requirement for overheating mitigation, alongside new statutory guidance, with the aim of reducing overheating risk in new-build residential buildings. Remove the requirement to check overheating risk from SAP and Part L1A and create a new Approved Document which contains the requirements for developers to ensure residential buildings do not overheat. Proposes two alternative approaches to demonstrating compliance with the new requirements; A simplified method based on prescriptive measures which have different requirements based on location (...