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Part L consultation proposals - a small step forward for renewables |
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Submitted:�22�July�2004 |
| The RPA Solar Resource Group has today welcomed publication of the Governments Part L Building Regulations Review Consultation paper. The Government recommends that small and micro renewables be brought into the scope of Part L for the very first time. |
| From 2005, the Government proposes that developers have a choice to meet the new Part L carbon emission standards in buildings other than dwellings either solely through energy efficiency measures or through a combination of energy efficiency, renewables such as solar PV and CHP. |
| Jeremy Leggett, RPA Solar Group Chairman, said �this is a positive day for solar PV and other micro renewables but it is small step forward rather than the big leap we were hoping for. Peter Hain�s recent call for solar PV and solar thermal to be mandatory in all new housing could have formed the centre piece of the Part L consultation. It�s a proposition that could be applied here viably from 2005/6 and without waiting for the next part L review planned for 2010.� |
| Independent research carried out for the Office of the Deputy Prime Ministers Part L Industry Advisory Groups earlier this year, demonstrated that the amount of solar PV required to reduce carbon emissions by 10% in a new three-bed semi built to 2002 Building Regulations standards was just 0.47 kWp, costing 2500 according to latest Energy Saving Trust figures. |
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www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_about/documents/page/odpm_about_029909 . .
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