{"id":160,"date":"2020-02-18T11:21:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T11:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/building-standards\/?p=160"},"modified":"2020-02-18T12:04:45","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T12:04:45","slug":"house-builders-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/building-standards\/2020\/02\/18\/house-builders-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"House Builders Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A blog by Eilidh MacPherson<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Building Standards Division (BSD) is currently undertaking a research project around compliance of Section 6 Energy, of the Technical Handbook, focusing on the building fabric performance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/building-standards\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2019\/08\/Technical-Handbook-Domestic-263x300.png\" alt=\"Technical Handbook - Domestic\" width=\"164\" height=\"187\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/building-standards\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2019\/08\/Technical-Handbook-Domestic-263x300.png 263w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/building-standards\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2019\/08\/Technical-Handbook-Domestic-368x420.png 368w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/building-standards\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2019\/08\/Technical-Handbook-Domestic.png 420w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 164px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 164\/187;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 2019, The First Minister declared a global climate emergency and there are increased demands to rapidly reduce carbon emissions across all sectors of society. It is acknowledged that previous revisions to the energy standards has resulted in a stepped change in the energy efficiency of new homes. However, we still seek to improve the energy performance of our new buildings further.<\/p>\n<p>Work is underway to establish the next set of energy standards that will take effect in 2021 for all new buildings. In addition to increasing the standards that new buildings must meet, we also need to increase assurance that current energy standards are being met and the \u2018performance gap\u2019 between designed and constructed buildings is reduced.<\/p>\n<p>A survey has been put together for house builders to find out more about what compliance inspection and testing regimes are currently used on site to support compliance of the building fabric. The intention is that the information collected will contribute to the development of guidance to improve compliance with the energy standards and reduce the performance gap.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a house builder we would appreciate it if you could take the time to complete this short survey. Thank you for your time, this should take no more than 15 minutes to complete. The closing date is 13th of March.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.co.uk\/r\/26V3SJP\">https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.co.uk\/r\/26V3SJP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A blog by Eilidh MacPherson Building Standards Division (BSD) is currently undertaking a research project around compliance of Section 6 Energy, of the Technical Handbook, focusing on the building fabric performance. &nbsp; In 2019, The First Minister declared a global climate emergency and there are increased demands to rapidly reduce carbon emissions across all sectors&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":525,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[3,2],"class_list":["post-160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-building-standards","category-publications","tag-buildingregulations","tag-buildingstandards"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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