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News Release from: CORGI Group | Subject: Installers fitting HE boilers
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 May 2006
CORGI proves installers are fitting HE
boilers
CORGI has released information showing that installers in England and Wales are complying with recent Government regulations aimed at meeting higher standards for energy efficiency.
CORGI has released information showing that installers in England and Wales are complying with recent Government regulations aimed at meeting higher standards for energy efficiency Since April 2005 gas installers in England and Wales have been required to install high efficiency boilers when possible in order to comply with the Building Regulations Approved Document L1 - Conservation of Fuel and Power
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 18 Apr 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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CORGI registered installers across the UK have also been required to notify CORGI of all domestic gas appliance installations since April 2005.
Over 1 million appliance notifications were received in the first twelve months, 65% of those were boilers.
Data drawn from Gas Work Notification shows that in England and Wales, 92% of boilers installed and notified to CORGI between April 2005 and April 2006 were high efficiency (HE).
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This is compared to just 40% of boilers fitted in Scotland and Northern Ireland that were high efficiency.
As part of transitional arrangements introduced to help ensure the smooth introduction of the changes, a number of exceptions were introduced for example, if a contract was in place before 1st April 2005.
Eight per cent of boilers installed and notified were not high efficiency, the reasons given include:.
* Planning permission granted prior to 1st April 2005 (accounting for 38%).
* A contract was in place prior to 1st April 2005 (accounting for 32%).
* Fitting a condensing boiler was not feasible (accounting for 23%).
* Assessment procedure is over 1000 points (accounting for 5%).
* A manufacturer replacement (accounting for 2%).
Under Part L (heating services), local building control must also be notified of the associated fittings and services served by the appliance.
Those installers that have opted in to self-certify under Part L simply notify CORGI, leaving CORGI to notify their Local Authority Building Control on their behalf and to send a Building Regulations Compliance certificate to their customer.
Already figures for 2006-2007 are showing an even greater compliance with energy efficiency requirements.
Since April 2006, 96% of boilers installed and notified in England and Wales have been high efficiency.
Between April 2005 and April 2006 over 1 million gas appliance installations were notified to CORGI as part of Gas Work Notification.
Gas Work Notification was introduced to assist CORGI in making crucial changes to further improve gas safety.
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