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2.—(1) The Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) For regulation 17(1)(a) (continuing requirements)(2) 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)(3) of Schedule 5 (building standards applicable to design and construction)(4)—
(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 2008(5), 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.”.
Regulation 17 was amended by S.S.I. 2006/534 and S.S.I. 2012/209.
Paragraph 6.1 was amended by S.S.I. 2006/534, S.S.I. 2010/32 and S.S.I. 2014/219.
Schedule 5 was substituted by S.S.I. 2006/534.
S.S.I. 2008/309. Regulation 7 was substituted by S.S.I. 2012/315.
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