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Leading ventilation manufacturer Vent-Axia is to host a webinar, ‘Domestic Legislation for Ventilation’, on the recently launched Building Regulations. Aimed at housebuilders, M&E contractors, consultants and architects, the webinar will inform delegates of the recent changes to the legislation and explain how they will affect ventilation in New Build homes.
Ahead of New Building Regulations on Ventilation coming into force this summer and the Government’s wider COVID-19 and Net Zero Strategy, BEAMA has today launched its updated 2022 Ventilation White Paper. The dossier sets out a 4-step policy pathway for the future to deliver effective ventilation and improved indoor air quality inside UK homes in order to help protect health and wellbeing. Vent-Axia fully supports BEAMA’s Ventilation White Paper since the company is committed to improving indoor air quality through ventilation to protect public health.
Vent-Axia has donated a Sentinel Kinetic Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) unit to Tom and Jane Howson who are living in the award-winning Hanham Hall eco development near Bristol. The MVHR unit was presented to the couple at their home by Richard Paine, Product and Marketing Director at Vent-Axia.
With schools having had to deal with extreme disruption during the pandemic, head teachers have been looking for ways to mitigate COVID transmission in schools to help ensure children can learn safely in the classroom. The Government has cited the importance of well-ventilated rooms, with ventilation a key mitigation that helps reduce COVID cases. In fact, a recent study by the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) has found that poorly ventilated classrooms result in six times the number of COVID cases.
Vent-Axia has welcomed the publication of new Approved Document Part F of the Building Regulations, as a “vital step to improve indoor air quality” as we move toward the Future Homes Standard on the road to Net Zero. Published on 15th December 2021, Part F (Means of Ventilation) goes hand-in-hand with the new amended Part L (Conservation of Fuel and Power), which is set to help the UK deliver Net Zero with a reduction of almost a third less carbon for new homes.
Lo-Carbon Heat Save is an ideal solution for single room or whole house heat recovery ventilation in existing homes”, explained Tom Wodcke, Product Manager at Vent-Axia. “To achieve Net Zero by 2050 it’s vital that the energy efficiency of existing homes is improved since 40% of carbon emissions are currently generated by buildings.
Market-leading ventilation expert Vent-Axia is celebrating winning the ‘Domestic Ventilation Product of the Year’ award at the prestigious H&V News Awards for the second year running.
Leading British ventilation manufacturer, Vent-Axia is committed to improving public health by improving indoor air quality (IAQ) through ventilation, so welcomes the Housing Ombudsman’s report ‘Spotlight on Damp and Mould. It’s not lifestyle’.
Leading British ventilation manufacturer, Vent-Axia has welcomed the Government’s ‘Heat & Buildings Strategy’ published ahead of COP 26.1 The company is delighted the document identifies the importance of air quality
During the pandemic COVID has raised the profile of the quality of the air we breathe in our buildings. As Winter approaches the combination of the weather cooling, so we are spending more time indoors, and a drive for employees to return to the workplace means that extra air purification is now in demand.