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Environmental design & construction legislation and frameworks are regularly updated and changed.
Relevant updates will appear here in due course to ensure book content is of most use to you. This may take the form of weblinks to latest information or by edited book text.
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Relevant updates will appear here in due course to ensure book content is of most use to you. This may take the form of weblinks to latest information or by edited book text.
Do email with suggestions/comments should anything be urgent/missing.
Chapter 5 - clarified tableTable p124 "Fig. 5.6.1. Surface type and water runoff coefficients" has been updated to clarify flat roof surface finish and to include additional references for green roof sources.
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Updated: April 26th 2013
This will also be updated in 2nd Edition, planned for Spring 2014 |
CHAPTER 7 - errataMortar mix on p 197 corrected from 1:6 to 1:3 and embodied carbon figures also adjusted to reflect this - see table below.
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Updated: Nov 1st 2012
This will also be updated in reprinted version (2013) |
CHAPTER 8
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Update: May 24th 2012
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CHAPTER 10/11/12 - p 292-293From August 1st 2012: "The tariff for a small domestic solar installation will be 16p per kilowatt hour, down from 21p, and will be set to decrease on a 3 month basis thereafter, with pauses if the market slows down. All tariffs will continue to be index-linked in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI) and the export tariff will be increased from 3.2p to 4.5p." DECC press release
Updates on Feed in Tariffs (FITs) (weblink) - April 2012 Feed in Tariffs & Renewable heat Incentives - always check latest updates at www.decc.gov.uk also. Below are updated Figures 10.7.1 and 10.7.2 (pages 292/293) for Autumn 2012 FIT/RHI tariffs. |
Update: May 24th 2012
& 21st Nov 2012 |
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