Amendment of the Building (Scotland) Regulations 20042.

(1)

The Building (Scotland) Regulations 20042 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

For regulation 17(1)(a) (continuing requirements)3 substitute—

“(a)

accessible parts of every air-conditioning system within a building are inspected at regular intervals not exceeding five years; and”.

(3)

In paragraph 6.1 (carbon dioxide emissions)4 of Schedule 5 (building standards applicable to design and construction)5—

(a)

omit “and” after sub-paragraph (a);

(b)

after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“; and

(c)

it is a nearly zero-energy building”; and

(c)

at the end insert—

“Interpretation of this standard

In this standard—

“energy from renewable sources” means energy from renewable non-fossil sources, namely wind, solar, aero-thermal, geothermal, hydrothermal and ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases; and

“nearly zero-energy building” means a building that has a very high energy performance, as determined in accordance with a methodology approved under regulation 7 of the Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 20086, where the nearly zero or very low amount of energy required should be covered to a very significant extent by energy from renewable sources, including energy from renewable sources produced on site or nearby.”.