Improvements to energy standards for new buildings within Scottish Building Regulations 2021: modelling report. Non-domestic buildings. May 2020, with July 2021 amendments

Scottish Government, 2021
Improvements to energy standards for new buildings within Scottish Building Regulations 2021: modelling report. Non-domestic buildings. May 2020, with July 2021 amendments Download document

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The research project explores the potential for improvement in energy and emissions within Scottish building regulations for non-domestic buildings. The 4 main tasks areas were: establishing the current baseline, creating improved notional building specifications, setting modelling options and conducting a full cost benefit analysis. Three options were suggested: low, medium and high. The low option was based on the existing highest standard, with further improvements introduced in the medium and high levels, and all three included further improvements in building services in comparison with the existing 2015 standards. The notional building will use gas heating plus PV of increased array size, with exceptions covering the use of air source heat pumps instead of PV.

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  • Legal issues and management
  • Special subject areas
  • Building control
  • Building control, Scotland
  • Green issues/sustainability/green buildings
  • Environmental issues/energy

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The Scottish Government is the devolved government for Scotland. It is responsible for most of the issues of day-to-day concern to the people of Scotland, including health, education, justice, rural affairs, and transport. Previously known as the Scottish Executive.

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