Last seen: Sep 18, 2025
If you post the link to the planning application I'm happy to take a look.
It will be in the planning application or the supporting documents, which will be (or at least should be) on the LPA's planning portal.
From what I recall The IoA spreadsheet doesn't bother with the last 4 steps in the MCS calculation. These steps are entirely pointless as the pass/fa...
I will try: predicted = (in both cases) as predicted by the documents submitted for the planning application (not sure what they said, but whate...
According to BS 8233 an attenuation of 15dB can be assumed for a wall with a window closed or ajar. So I would say very likely (according to BS 8233)...
Quite possibly true, but that's not the extrapolation the report seeks to make (as I understand it). It seeks to extrapolate from an NR achieved at o...
Of course not. I agree 100% that neither NAPIT nor MCS are the enforcement mechanism. They cannot be, because they are working for installers (a...
My solar PV experience was in 2011 and actually very good in terms of the design/installation itself. It was done end to end by one guy running his o...
@derek-m Fair cop (or COP?). That just shows how easy it is to interpret something in a way that one expects not read what it actually says. This is...
Does it conflate the two, the bit about heat pumps (reproduced below) talks about energy efficiency not cost savings so far as I read it. I guess you...
I don't wish to be the bringer of bad news and, as I have said, I understand and sympathise with your concerns but... The NR curves are very ...
Noted re flow temperatures. Thats quite high and means that any losses/inefficiencies will have greater effect. Regarding the heat exchanger Im not...
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