The Environmental Performance Of New And Existing Buildings

As stated by Turkington and Watson (2015), in 2000, the Labour Government introduced the Decent Homes Programme, which aimed to provide a minimum standard of housing conditions to houses in the public and private sector. The scheme was deemed as a success by a committee and was commended for providing a positive effect on the living conditions of the vast majority of social housing tenants. However Turkington and Watson also argued that although nearly three quarters of homes had met the minimum standards, over a quarter – roughly 6 million homes - had failed to meet them.

Legislations and regulations are essential to have and follow in the working environment, it ensures safe practice for the workers and safety, protection and stability to people that are in their care.

A rule is a principle to which someone would conform to inside an organisation. They ensure that operations run in a smooth manner. A regulation is written in law and put into effect by authority. They are needed by organisations for them to operate efficiently. They ensure people are treated with respect and without bias, and all procedures and standards are consistent, and that orders are followed.

I think any areas in which force is used requires written rules and regulations. Also any other areas which have a direct effect on the community (such as filling reports etc.) requires written rules and regulations. This is important because protecting the community and insuring their rights are not violated is

To prevent a re-occurrence of another fire disaster, Parliament passed The London Building Act of 1667. The London Building Act of 1667, was the first in providing surveyors to enforce its regulations. For fire safety, regulations required building all houses in brick or stone. In addition, the Act meticulously specified the number of stories and the width of the walls as well as widening the streets. However, later legislation prohibited timber cornices and stipulated that brick parapets rise two and half feet above the garret floor, evenly leading to the development of low M-shaped roofs with their ridges running parallel to the front of houses instead of the sides. In addition, window sills had to be at least four inches therefore sitting

In essence there are certain rules and regulations you must follow and the government may regulate certain

Following rules and regulations is important for institutions and any type of establishment to maintain organization and most importantly provide safety for those involved. For the organization and safety of everyone involved, it is important to comply with particular criteria.

When a Building Standard is created or improved the legislature gives authority to the California Department of Housing and Community Development. Where the HCD conduct a meeting with the public and an Initial Statement of Reason is stated for the proposal of the building standard. The building standard is then over looked by CBSC and sent to the Code Advisory Committee Meeting where the Building standard will be approved, approved as amended or disapproved. Depending on the results the CAC send recommendations to HCD for additional approval. After their approval the Building Standard is updated it gets submitted back to CBSC and they provide a second public hearing which involves a 45 day comment period. Soon after the agencies will look over the public’s comments and decides whether the building standard amendments are substantive or non-substantive and if the amendments are sufficient or no amendments were made then the Building Standard will go through its final process where the final proposed Building standard, Statement of Reason, summary and comments will be updated to the informative digest. The CBSC approves, adopts and publishes the building standard and the code will take effect in 180 days after it is

Code of City of NY § 20-385-402 Home Improvement Business concerns the regulation of home improvement businesses in New York City, it requires in most cases for constructors to have the proper license.

Throughout this paper, I will examine eight disastrous events that led to the establishment of new buildings codes. The tragedies that took place during these events paved way for, new and improved codes that were implemented to help protect health, safety, and the natural resources that sustain us. The eight different events that I chose to research, I felt had the most significant impact in the development of some of the most commonly used building codes today. The first event that I will discuss is 9/11, 9/11 is one of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil. The second event is one of the largest hotel fires that ever broke out, which happened on November 21, 1980, at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The third event that I

When it comes to purchasing the home of your dreams, building codes aren’t typically one of the first topics you would think to bring up…However, they can play a huge role during your homebuying journey. Some neighborhoods and subdivisions require you to have either a site built home or a modular home.

Formal assessments are then followed up and reviewed allowing progress to be evaluated. When formally assessing performance, this is done through annual appraisals, monthly/quarterly goals, audits etc. The outcomes are quantitative results/data which supports conclusions and are easily read. Informal assessments are more casual and are more difficult to measure as they can be through word of mouth, observations, peer and self evaluation and are not recorded and checked. When informally assessing performance we may look more at frequent reactions to how daily tasks are handled or through informal discussions. The

Green buildings could become one of the main factors to preserve our rapidly decaying environment. There is no easy way to define a green building, but a green building is essentially a structure that amplifies the positives and mitigates the negatives throughout the entire life cycle of the building (Kriss, 2014). There are many definitions for a green building, but all of them include the planning, designing, constructing, and operating of the building while taking into huge considerations of the energy use, water use, indoor air environment, materials used and the effect it has on the site the green building is being built on. The first green buildings dates back to as far as the 1970’s, when solar panels went from experiments to reality. Green buildings were not as popular as they are today due to their extremely high pricing. With technology rapidly growing, solar panels are becoming cheaper and cheaper, making the transition to creating green buildings more affordable. This is the primary reason for the increased growth of green buildings today. A modern company that is paving the way to the growth of green buildings named LEED, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, focuses primarily on new and effective ideas for environmentally friendly buildings projects. With more than 60,000 commercial projects worldwide and 1.7 million square feet being certified every day, LEED is one of the leading groups for promoting green buildings. LEED has popularized the entire

building design energy conservation measures, the process is mandated by law and is defined in the Code of Federal Regulations

This legislation an act of parliament came into act in 2008. The legislation creates a legally binding commitment to reduce the UK’s green house gas emissions drastically by 80% by 2050, and by 34% by 2020. These reductions are contrary to the 1990 emissions. Currently less than 200,000 properties are built every year. In order to rebuild the inefficient homes it would take approximately 120 years, which is not viable in order to reduce carbon emissions by 2050. Therefore the existing stock would need to be retrofitted to improve its energy