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The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was created in October
2008, bringing together energy policy (previously with BERR – the Department for
business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) with climate change mitigation policy
(previously with Defra – the department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs).
The Building Regulations in England and Wales are the responsibility of the
Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). The DCLG implement
and enforce all Building Regulations and, as the regulations are an Act of
Parliament, failure to comply, be it a company or an individual carrying out the
work, is a criminal offence and could lead to prosecution.
The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive was recast in November 2008
and will be enforced in the UK through amendments to Part L of the Building
Regulations in 2010, 2013 and 2016.
“Tackling climate change is one of the biggest long-term challenges we face. That is
why on this occasion we need the building industry to comply with the new regulations
much more rapidly than normal. These new regulations, combined with those in
2002, deliver a 40% increase in energy efficiency standards in just four years, and cut
householders’ fuel bills too.”
Press Release, ODPM, 22nd February 2006, Yvette Cooper, Housing and Planning Minister
Energy Efficient
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