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Understanding Part L

By: Contributor(s): Series: Architects' Journal ; 215(8) 28 February 2002, 55-71(11)Publication details: 2002Subject(s): Summary: The revised Building Regulations Approved Document Part L (L1 for domestic, L2 for non-domestic) came into force on 1 April 2002. The series of articles look at some of the key issues for architects - covering energy efficiency; the manufacturing technicalities that need to be implemented early on in the design process; whether Part L exaggerates the effect that changes to architects' designs will have on carbon dioxide emissions and testing the airtightness of buildings.

The revised Building Regulations Approved Document Part L (L1 for domestic, L2 for non-domestic) came into force on 1 April 2002. The series of articles look at some of the key issues for architects - covering energy efficiency; the manufacturing technicalities that need to be implemented early on in the design process; whether Part L exaggerates the effect that changes to architects' designs will have on carbon dioxide emissions and testing the airtightness of buildings.