Building Regulations Part L 2013

Consultation documents were released at the end of January for 2012 for the next version of Building Regulations. they are expected to come into force by October 2013 subject to any transitional arrangements. The consultation is presented into 4 sections: Section 1 outlines the consultation approach and then presents proposals to change various technical aspects […]

SBEM calcs – Simplified Building Energy Model

SBEM is developed by the Building Research Establishment as a computer program to analysis building energy consumption. It is used for new commercial buildings such as Industrial Warehouse, School, Hotel, Office or even Halls of Residence. Through comparing the designed Building Emission Rate (BER) with an SBEM calculated Target Emission Rate (TER), it shows the […]

SBEM: Simplified Building Energy Model

The Simplified Building Energy Model (SBEM) is a software tool and computer programme developed by BRE  (Building Research Establishment) that helps to determine non-residential buildings CO2 emission rates to provide an analysis of energy consumption. It is used to compare the designed Building Emission Rate (BER) with an SBEM calculated Target Emission Rate (TER).  This […]