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Proposed Amendment to Part L (Conservation of Fuel and Energy) of the Building Regulations



The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Mr. John Gormley, T.D., has published the draft Building Regulations (Part L Amendment) Regulations 2010 and the associated draft Technical Guidance Document L – Conservation of Fuel and Energy – Dwellings (2010) for public consultation.


The consultation documents may be accessed at the links set out below: -


In advance of finalising the draft regulations and the associated technical guidance document, which are intended to achieve a 60% improvement (over the 2005 regulatory requirements) in the energy performance and carbon dioxide emissions for new dwellings on and from 1 July 2011, comments are invited from stakeholders, members of the public and other interested parties.

To aid the reader, changes to the technical guidance document have been tracked.  All new text has been added in blue.  Deleted text is in red with a strikethrough.  For the purposes of clarity, deleted text is not shown in all sections notably section 1.3.3 Thermal Bridging and in Appendices.

Submissions and comments on the draft regulations / technical guidance document should be forwarded, in writing or by email, to the address indicated below.

Paris Beausang,
Building Standards,
Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government,
Custom House,
Dublin 1,
Tel: (01) 888 2321
Fax: (01) 888 2693
E-mail: buildingstandards@environ.ie

The closing date for the receipt of submissions and comments is Friday, 29th October 2010.

In order to assist the Department in the compilation of submissions and comments, respondents to this consultation are kindly requested to use the comment form provided at the link below:

Template for Submissions - Public Consultation (doc, 53 kb)


Please note that all submissions and comments submitted to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government for this purpose are subject to release under the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003.

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