Buildings Regulations in Wales
Wales Assembly Government is to gain full control of Building Regulations. The transfer of powers to Wales has been approved by Parliamentary Council, and will come into effect before December 2011.
Wales is to be applauded for progressing faster than England towards zero carbon for new housing. How this works in practice will be interesting to see.
Polisi Cyllun Newydd Cymru
Polisi Cynllunio Newydd i Gymru (o Ddatganiad Polisi Cynllunio Interim Gweinidogaethol 01/2009) I symud tuag at adeiladau mwy cynaliadwy a charbon sero yn Nghymru mae Llywodraeth y Cynulliad yn disgwyl y byddir yn cwrdd â’r safonau canlynol:
• Ceisiadau am 5 neu fwy o anheddau a dderbyniwyd ar 1 Medi 2009 neu wedi hynny i gwrdd â gofynion y Cod ar gyfer Cartrefi Cynaliadwy Lefel 3 ac i gael 6 chredyd o dan issue Ene 1 – Cyfradd Allyriant Anheddau
• Ceisiadau am 1 neu fwy o anheddau a dderbyniwyd ar 1 Medi 2010 neu wedi hynny i gwrdd â gofynion y Cod ar gyfer Anheddau Cynaliadwy Lefel 3 ac i gael 6 chredyd o dan issue Ene 1 – Cyfradd Allyriant Anheddau.
• Ceisiadau a dderbyniwyd ar 1 Medi 2009 neu’n dilyn hynny, am ddatblygiad dibreswyl naill ai gydag arwynebedd llawr o 1,000m² neu ragor, neu ar safle un hectar neu ragor, i gwrdd â safon ‘Da iawn’ Dull Asesu Amgylcheddol y Sefydliad Ymchwil Adeiladu (BREEAM), a chyflawni’r credydau gorfodol i gael gradd ‘Ardderchog’ dan Ene – 1 Lleihau allyriadau CO2
Green Travel Plans
The Wales Sports Council together with Sustrans are providing financial help and advice for businesses and community project who want to have a Green Travel Plan. For any site wanting to reduce their carbon emissions from travel there may be help available. For example a 50% grant for a ‘bike pool’ may be available on application to the Wales Sports Council. A ‘bike pool’ is a few bikes that are available for the building occupants to use, for example to go out at lunch time, to go to local meetings or even to go to and from home. Contact Sandy Booth for more details: sandra.booth@sustrans.org.uk
BREEAM Assessments require a travel plan to be produced in the planning stage of a site, so that the need for travel is minimised, in particular the need for staff to arrive, one person one car. The travel plan is a site specific report giving details of the existing transport arrangements and then suggestions of how this could be improved.
Breeam New
Important Note:
BREEAM 2008 has 2 free Innovations credits available for appointing a BREEAM Accredited Professional at or before the start of RIBA Stage B(Strategic Brief), inviting the assessor to all design team meetings and including them in the circulation of meeting minutes. Buildings for Tomorrow can provide an Accredited Professional
