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With buildings of traditional construction making up at least 25% of the stock, but the industry and its training focused on modern construction and off-the-peg solutions, what hope is there of getting a suitably trained workforce able to put buildings in appropriate good repair (the essential first step before retrofit measures are installed) and install appropriate retrofit measures? IHBC’s COVID-19 furlough update on your comms: Update your NewsBlog email alert contacts etc.

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Retrofitting insulation is an important energy-saving measure, but the right method of installation and awareness of potential risks is extremely important. We help you understand the role. Source: BSI Committee: ... Would you or your organization be prepared to participate in the development of the standard or to comment on the draft when it is available?

Labour proposes 160,000 new jobs delivering insulation: how on earth might up to 40,000 people be trained to work on traditional buildings within a parliamentary term?

The PAS 2035 Retrofit Standards are part of the Each Home Counts scheme and aim to create a retrofit quality mark that will invoke change, reducing the rate of installation failures in domestic buildings. PAS-2035/2030-ONLINE › Retrofitting dwellings for improved energy efficiency. The draft PAS 2030 is an update of the existing, first introduced in 2011; the draft PAS 2035 is a vital and very welcome introduction of a coordinating assessment and design approach, following holistic principles as promoted by the IHBC, STBA and CIOB. PAS 2035 PAS 2035:2018 Specification for the energy retrofit of domestic buildings. IHBC’s response has given a warm welcome to PAS 2035, while suggesting a number of improvements, notably stressing the need for appropriate repair as the vital first step. Specification and guidance. Access to PAS 2035 framework Online can be purchased from the BSI Shop. The government have proposed to make compliance with the Standard a mandatory requirement for all projects in the long-term. Corbyn’s announcement has shone an even closer focus on the current Government’s retrofit programme, 2 key elements of which have just been subject to consultation:  the BSI PAS 2030 for retrofit installers, and PAS 2035 covering retrofit assessment, design and specification. John Preston is IHBC Green Panel Convener, former IHBC Education Secretary, STBA Heritage Chair, and author of ‘The Context for Skiils Education and Training’, Journal of Architectural Conservation 2006; (Download the PDF). IHBC’s ‘Reminder’ service: Sign the LPOC’s petition to the Chancellor if you agree with the IHBC – ‘…it is perverse that repairs should be subject to VAT when new development is not’, #IHBCVirtualSchool2020: Speaker bios & interim CPD support in place for ‘OLD TOWNS | NEW FUTURES’… from a Global Pandemic, 19 June, from just £15+VAT, IHBC ‘Virtual MATEs’: IHBC’s digital membership application support pilot 13/05, pm– limited places available. The draft PAS 2030 is an update of the existing, first introduced in 2011; the draft PAS 2035 is a vital and very welcome introduction of a coordinating assessment and design approach, following holistic principles as promoted by the IHBC, STBA and CIOB. Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Conference announcement of a “green jobs revolution”, with £12.8BN to be set aside for home insulation alone in a first Labour term, poses the same questions, writ even larger, as the present Government is facing. However the elephant in the room remains training for traditional construction: there is still no sign that either the Government or Labour have any understanding of the scale of change needed to industry training and practice, to avoid unnecessary damage, and wastage of money and carbon, in inappropriate retrofits to, and subsequent rectification of at least 25% of the stock. This has the potential to revolutionise the entire retrofit process. We help you understand the standards. Links to other sites may not be active so you may need to contact the host site for the original text. In late June 2019 BSI published PAS 2035:2018 – Specification for the Energy Retrofit of Domestic Buildings. * Are you aware of any regulation, existing standards and other good practice information in this area in the UK (e.g. The role of Retrofit Coordinator is introduced in PAS 2035 and pivotal to the industry delivering the UK’s 2050 carbon neutral obligations. PAS 2035 is the publicly available specification which outlines the necessary standards for the future of Retrofit. It will be mandatory on projects using ECO funding following a transitionary period expected to run until summer 2021… This is the key document in a framework of new and existing standards on how to conduct effective energy retrofits of existing buildings, it covers how to access dwellings for retrofit, identify improvement options, design … IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 46: Guidance for local government, includes ‘planning and building safety’, IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 47: … impact on markets, geopolitics and real estate, via RICS, IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 48: Local Authority (coronavirus) regulations for Wales, IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 49: Council of Europe recommendations on Citizens’ Engagement under Covid-19 restrictions, and the TCI’s take, IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 50: HE’s contacts update, IHBC’s HESPR pick this week from £30M+ costed works: National body seeks asset advisers etc., closing 9/06, value £30M, New measures to protect UK high streets from aggressive rent collection and closure, NTS sets up it’s own ‘heritage lottery’ fund, Five years on from the earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal, heritage-led recovery is uniting community, Shape our future!

PAS 2035:2019 Retrofitting Dwellings for Improved Energy Efficiency. However PAS 2035 is likely to be strongly criticised by established industry and other vested interests. PAS 2035 is the over-arching document in the retrofit standards framework, with which holders of the Quality Mark will be required to comply when carrying out domestic retrofit work. Specification for the installation of energy efficiency measures in existing dwellings and insulation in residential park homes. Register for the first time . However PAS 2035 is likely to be strongly criticised by established industry and other vested interests.