Recent changes to Part L of the building regulations in England come into effect from June, and will be a significant step towards achieving the Government’s Future Homes Standard, which aims to ensure that all new homes built from 2025 will produce 75-80% less carbon than those delivered under current regulations.

Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, polls architects 12 months on from the introduction of Part O regulations for combatting overheating in new homes. Alongside climate and energy efficiency, Part O is one of the three key factors influencing greater measures to minimise overheating in residential building design.

From 1st January 2023, it was originally proposed that CE Marking would not be recognised in Great Britain (i.e. England, Scotland and Wales) for relevant construction products, including glass in building, and the UK CA Marking will need to affixed instead.

MEPs approved a binding 35% energy efficiency target for 2030 with a large majority - an improvement on the 30% target proposed by the Commission and the Council. The European Parliament has always been supportive of a 40% target, though, which Glass for Europe advocates is the most cost effective.

Effective from 1st October 2015, Building Regulations Approved Document Q sets security requirements for new dwellings in England. (There is a corresponding Approved Document Q for Wales.) Reasonable standards for doors and windows are required to resist physical attack by a casual or opportunist burglar.

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Nearly one in five respondents now adopt BIM on every project, the latest industry survey has found. Conducted by National Building Specification (NBS), the eighth National BIM Survey investigated the current levels of adoption of Building Information Modelling, or Management, (BIM), as well as a forward look.

Published as an early Christmas present to take effect on 15 th June 2022, we now know the new regulatory requirements for mitigating overheating in new residential buildings in England.

Through the FGMA, we aim to promote best practice in product performance, design and application for flat glass, and positively encourages the development of industry standards and technical guidelines for the benefit of all stakeholders in the glass and glazing industry and wider society.

By 2030, NSG targets to reduce absolute GHG emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2*) by 21% compared to the 2018 level. Over the past three years, NSG has reduced CO 2 emissions per production unit by 5% with the ongoing measures to reduce energy usage and CO 2 emissions.