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Background

Significant improvements to the regulatory requirements for energy efficiency in national building regulations are now in force. However, many buildings received building regulation approval prior to the changes to current, and more advanced, building regulations requirements.

For new homes that were given building regulation approval prior to the introduction of the more advanced requirements, developers and house builders do not have to comply with these requirements, but may want to apply the energy-saving principles.

Table 1 lists the building regulations that applied before the introduction of current building regulations, and the current editions that now apply.