News archive for February, 2022
First Birthday of Hodkinson Consultancy Employee Ownership Trust
Posted on February 28th 2022
Our Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) celebrated its first birthday on 24th February. Engagement from the team has always been part of the ethos of the company. Being employee owned builds this into our future, enabling everyone to contribute to the ongoing success of the company and share in its success too. Employee ownership also ensures that the values of the …
How Have Heat Network Customers Been Affected by Utility Price Rises?
Posted on February 28th 2022
Gas Combined Heat & Power (CHP) continues to provides the lowest cost of heat production, protecting residents more from utility inflation than heat networks run just on gas boilers or heat pumps. CHP achieves this through the generation, and sale, of electricity, which has also increased in value. The chart below shows how the cost of heat for 3 different …
Importance of Thermal Bridging in Part L 2021
Posted on February 25th 2022
Developments designed and built to Part L 2021 of the Building Regulations may no longer utilise Accredited Construction Details (ACDs) for thermal bridging junctions. It is still possible to use default thermal bridging values, but one is penalised for taking this route and in many instances, this will cause SAPs to fail Part L fabric energy efficiency. As houses become …
Primary Energy – The Curious New Part L Metric
Posted on February 25th 2022
The addition of a third compliance metric into the new Part L, known as Primary Energy (PE), will push developers further into adopting solutions which demonstrate a high standard of energy efficiency at an infrastructural scale. Primary Energy is best understood as a more complete measure of the energy used in a building, taking into account energy ‘spent’ in the …