RIBA East: Building Regulations update 2022

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Published 2022-06-22
Changes to the Building Regulations 2022 come into force in June 2022. Find out how these changes will affect you and your business with this webinar hosted by the Royal Institute of British Architect's East region.

This is a recording of an online event held on 15 June 2022.

The UK has set in law a target to bring all its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. As part of the journey to 2050, the government committed to introducing the Future Homes Standard in 2025 and an uplift to energy efficiency standards and requirements in 2022 as a steppingstone to the Future Homes Standard. An average home is likely to have 75% to 80% less carbon emissions than one built to current energy efficiency requirements. Improvements to the standards for energy efficiency in non-domestic buildings, changes to the ventilation standards for all types of buildings and a new requirement to limit the solar overheating in residential buildings are also set to change.

Stephen Barnshaw from jhai Ltd, presents details of the changes and the impact on your projects, both current and future and responds to questions from the audience.

Stephen Barnshaw BSc (Hons) MRICS
Stephen Barnshaw is Associate Director of Technical Services at jhai Ltd. He has worked in both the private and public building control sector for the past 30 years, including on many major contracts. He is a Chartered Surveyor and is an experienced RICS professional membership panel chairman. He regularly delivers seminars for RIBA, RICS and client groups across the country on both the technical and legal aspects of regulatory compliance.

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All Comments (6)
  • @tlaw192
    Thank you to Stephen for a thorough explanation, and to RIBA
  • @jcoul1sc
    This is great - thank you RIBA and especially Stephen Barnshaw 🙂
  • @EllisMaginn
    @ 42mins. Just a comment regarding the SAP-listed installation method for WWHRS. In a standard residential dwelling, ONLY 1no WWHRS unit can be installed as System A or C. ALL secondary WWHRS units MUST be as System B. This is so the water heater, does not pull cold water through multiple WWHRS units, if only 1no shower is in use. Usually, when designing in WWHRS the 'main' shower (or showers, if in close enough proximity) will be designed in as System A or C to maximise the WWHRS impact and SAP points gained. It is of course, perfectly ok to design-in ALL showers as System B, but this is a slightly less efficient configuration, although the impact of System B vs System A/C is significantly minimsed in the SAP model where multiple showers are present. (note: this is my personal account, but I work for Recoup)