[F1SCHEDULE 5SBUILDING STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

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SECTION 6:SENERGY

Commissioning building servicesS

6.7  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–

(a)major power plants serving the National Grid;

(b)the process and emergency lighting components of a building;

(c)heating provided solely for the purpose of frost protection; or

(d)energy supply systems used solely for industrial and commercial processes, leisure use and emergency use within a building.]

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