Feeling the heat in Scotland
A new mandatory standard to assess and mitigate the summertime overheating risk in Scotland

Feeling the heat in Scotland

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发布日期: 2022年6月28日
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Effective from 1st December 2022, the Scottish Government has introduced changes to Sections 3 (environment), 6 (energy) and 7 (sustainability) of the Building Standards Technical Handbooks for domestic and non-domestic buildings.

For new dwellings, a new Section 3.28 introduces a new mandatory standard to assess and mitigate the summertime overheating risk.

Applying only to new residential buildings, the new standard requires dwellings to be designed and constructed in such a way as to limit solar gains through glazing and provide ventilation to assist in effective cooling.

Find out more about how this might impact on glass specifications in Scotland:

https://www.pilkington.com/en-gb/uk/architects/standards-and-regs/building-regulations/scotland/conservation-of-fuel-and-power/overheating-in-new-domestic-buildings

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