Swansea - CSH - 01792 685 017

The office that covers this area is: Cardiff

Phone Number: 01792 685 017 Email: swansea@e2consultants.co.uk

Assessments - Swansea - A CSH

The Government has made a commitment by 2050. To reduce carbon emissions in the UK, overall by 80% the improvement of new and existing dwellings in Swansea will contribute a key role in achieving this target. To hit these carbon reduction targets, both new and existing homes in Swansea must be more energy efficient. This is rated on new homes by having a Code Assessment. The implementation of the CODE is managed by BRE Global under contract to the Dept for Communities and Local Government under arrangements based on the EcoHomes operating systems.

A CSH in and around Swansea is the assessment method for rating and certifying the performance of new dwellings; in Wales it is known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment Scheme. Launched In England in December 2006, it became operational in April 2007 as the national standard for sustainable design and construction of new homes. Since the 1st of May 2008 the developer of any new home in Swansea a must have a mandatory rating against the Code

The Building Industry needs to perform in a more sustainable way in Swansea .The Government has introduced new national standards for the design and construction of new dwellings in Swansea . Code for Sustainable Homes (Code assessment) or the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) is the means of measurement and assessment now required.

The Governments policy is that Code (C4SH) is now the national standard to be adhered to in the design and construction of sustainable dwellings, this will drive huge improvements in the way homes are built and the specific building practices being used.

The CSH covers nine categories of sustainable design:

1. Energy and CO2 emissions (M),
2. Water (M),
3. Materials (M),
4. Surface Water Run-off (M),
5. Waste (M),
6. Pollution,
7. Health and Wellbeing (M),
8. Management,
9. Ecology.

Code assessments in Swansea can only be carried out by a qualified and accredited Code Assessor. Assessments are generally a two-stage process: after Pre assessment, with the Design Stage, which leads to an interim certificate. This is followed by the Post Construction Stage, where the final certificate is issued. Evidence has to be collated and used to determine the rating via the number of credits that are awarded for each element. A summary report is submitted by the Code Assessor to the Code Service Provider for quality assurance and certification.

The levels of energy efficiency for the code (standard percentage better than Part L1A of the 2006 Building Regulations) are:

1. level 1 - 10%
2. level 2 - 18%
3. level 3 - 25%
4. level 4 - 44%
5. level 5 - 100%
6. level 6 - zero carbon.

All proposed sites, dwellings and developments requiring an assessment should be registered with the Code Assessors accreditation body as early as possible. A proposed development can only be registered against the current version of the Code. Sites which have been registered in Swansea against a previous version can be re-registered under the current version of the Technical Guide. Each registration is valid only for a maximum of 5 years between the expiry of the Technical Guide version it was submitted against and the submission of the design stage report.

If you require free initial advice, consultancy services or a definitive quotation on a A CSH assessment in Swansea call one of our Swansea consultants at our Swansea Office on 01792 685 017 or Email swansea@eliteenergy.org.uk.

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CSH can also be known as:
Code for Sustainable Homes Daylight Calculation, Code for Sustainable Homes, C4SH, Code Assessment, Sustainable Homes,