News archive for September, 2023
Hodkinson Consultancy celebrate Passive House Qualifications
Posted on September 27th 2023
Hodkinson Consultancy now have two qualified Passive House Consultants in-house. Jonathan Peck and Rodrigo Guedes recently passed their Passive House exam following a comprehensive three-week training course with Mosart. Passive House assessment using Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) software has thus been added to the wide portfolio of energy services the company can provide. An increasing number of developers are …
Climate Change Impact of Heat Networks – From Design to Operation
Posted on September 27th 2023
The climate change impact of a heat network is a product of the network’s whole life – from design to operation. According to the Climate Change Committee (CCC), there will be planned regulation for heat networks and a limit will be set on carbon emissions from heat networks. Furthermore, it is predicted by the CCC that around a fifth of …
Overheating – Do Current Designs Go Far Enough?
Posted on September 27th 2023
Developers are at risk of implementing overheating mitigation strategies that do not address future climate scenarios. Current regulations require compliance under a CIBSE TM49 2020s weather file (2011 – 2040), whilst buildings are designed to last well beyond this period. With strategies commonly implementing peak-lopping MVHR or comfort cooling, additional stress on these systems could lead to a rise in …
Energy – The True Sustainability Metric
Posted on September 27th 2023
Sustainable buildings understand and reduce energy use. Focusing on energy use tackles energy security, operational costs, and climate change, whereas a focus on CO₂ emissions only addresses the latter. Sustainability standards are starting to pivot this way. The introduction of a Primary Energy metric in Part L and consideration of Energy Use Intensity in GLA planning applications are just two …