The first Home Quality Mark (HQM) approved development has been certified by the Building Research Establishment (BRE). The development located in Bricket Wood, Hertfordshire consists of one hundred dwellings. The…
Following the recent global rush of heatwaves, MPs have highlighted a warning from the Met Office stating that UK summer temperatures could regularly reach 38.5C by 2040. Although scientists differ…
A major threat to the Earth’s ozone layer are chemicals called Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), so much so, that most nations signed up to the Montreal Protocol which promptly banned the worst…
The forthcoming draft consultation version of SAP 2016 10.00 (July 2016) has been released. This manual describes the Government’s Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) for assessing the energy performance of dwellings. …
World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated every year on the 5th June to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet. It is run…
The BRE are currently experiencing an increase in service response times for both initial QA audits and resubmission audits of assessments for all schemes. Whilst they aim to provide the…
The countdown is on for landlords to comply with new legal standards for minimum energy efficiency in commercial and residential privately-rented properties. The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) will come…
Boiler Plus, launched by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in April 2018 will encourage energy efficiency by mandating requirements for heating systems, setting out new expectations…
The BRE are in the final stage of preparing the BREEAM New Construction 2018 scheme and are beginning the countdown to the scheme going live at the beginning of March…
Since the launch of Beta the BRE have engaged with many different HQM stakeholders, including developers, assessors, consultancies designers, consumer groups, representative industry bodies, manufacturers, academics, regulators, planners, agents and…