# The Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012, Regulation 43A: Consideration of high-efficiency alternative systems


(1) Where a building is to be erected, the person carrying out the work shall, before construction begins, undertake an analysis of and give consideration to the use of available high-efficiency alternative systems in the work. Such systems include—
(a) decentralised energy supply systems based on energy from renewable sources;
(b) cogeneration;
(c) district or block heating or cooling, particularly where it is based entirely or partially on energy from renewable sources; and
(d) heat pumps.
(2) The analysis referred to in paragraph (1)—
(a) shall be documented and take into account the technical, environmental and economic feasibility of using high-efficiency alternative systems;
(b) may be carried out for individual buildings or for groups of similar buildings or for common typologies of buildings in the same area; and
(c) in so far as it relates to collective heating and cooling systems, may be carried out for all buildings connected to the system in the same area.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/192/regulation/43A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-43A
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