Paragraph 6.7 Commissioning building servicesF1
Every building must be designed and constructed in such a way that energy supply systems F2, control systems and building services which use fuel or power for heating, lighting, ventilating and cooling the internal environment and heating the water, are commissioned to achieve F3effective operation and optimum energy efficiency.
Limitation
This standard does not apply to–
major power plants serving the National Grid;
the process and emergency lighting components of a building;
heating provided solely for the purpose of frost protection; or
energy supply systems used solely for industrial and commercial processes, leisure use and emergency use within a building.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Schs. 1-6 substituted (1.5.2007) by The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/534), regs. 1, 2(c), sch. (with regs. 3, 4)
- F2
Words in sch. 5 para. 6.7 inserted (1.2.2023) by The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/136), regs. 1(3), 9(c)(i) (with reg. 11) (as amended by S.S.I. 2022/340, reg. 2)
- F3
Words in sch. 5 para. 6.7 inserted (1.2.2023) by The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/136), regs. 1(3), 9(c)(ii) (with reg. 11) (as amended by S.S.I. 2022/340, reg. 2)