Buildings Regulations

In the UK the Building Regulations impose fire safety requirements on ... 

Health hazard due to exposure to contaminants by inhalation is the most important issue. International or national health and building regulations or codes and recommendations are used as basis for the discussion of what requirements should be used for design. In regulations, worker exposure limits for airbctrne gases are normally expressed as... 

Proof of compliance with building regulations or codes expressed in terms of either peak load targets or energy targets... 

The need for building control arose primarily to protect the health and safety of the population and, latterly, to conserve fuel and power and prevent waste. Local and State Building Regulations give standards of performance necessary in the building and, as such, make reference to national and international standards and codes of practice. The regulations cover two areas of health and safety and can be subdivided as follows ... 

It is a requirement of the Building Regulations 1985, Schedule 2, to provide facilities for disabled people. Where provision within industrial buildings for elderly persons are required, reference should be made to the DSS. Consideration should also be given to providing water at lower temperatures to appliances exclusively for used by elderly and/or disabled persons. 

If extensions are being made to existing facilities or buildings adjacent to traditional stmctures then this may require the use of brickwork cladding or block and render in order to satisfactorily marry with the existing stmctures. Care must be taken to ensure such extensions/additions meet current building regulations, bylaws, standards and codes of practice. 

To comply with mandatory legislation (i.e. Building Regulations) ... 

The Department of the Environment s interpretation of reasonableness is given in the 1990 edition of Building Regulations 1985, Approved Document L, Conservation of Fuel and Power, available from HMSO. This deals with three areas of energy conservation ... 

Table 11.6 Building Regulations maximum single-glazed areas ...

Insulation thickness While the actual thickness of insulation needed to comply with the Building Regulations will vary depending on insulation type, thermal conductivity and the structure into which it is fitted, some general guidelines can be given ... 

Fire safety Class 1 surface spread of flame to BS 476 Part 7. Can achieve Class O to Building Regulations when faced with aluminum foil. 

Numbers These should be kept to the minimum, consistent with operational requirements and any other requirements imposed under Building Regulations and fire/health and safety legislation ... 

New Building Regulations for the Conservation of Fuel and Power for England and Wales came into operation on 1 April 1990. The new maximum U values of the elements (W/m K) are shown in Table 27.4. 

The installation of flueless appliances in excess of 44kW is not permitted by the Building Regulation (1985) and application should be made to the local authority for the necessary waiver where installations of this size are contemplated. 

Like the public controls over built development, I suggest that public controls over technology should consist of two types of systems technical standards, equivalent to building regulations, and a system equivalent to the planning system that can take into account matters that are not easily quantified and measured. The former should be overseen in some way by elected politicians. In the latter, major decisions should be made by elected politicians, following public consultation and... 

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