BERcerts.ie

BERcerts.ie

Joseph Kearney BSc (Eng), MBA, MA,C Eng, MIEI
Chartered Engineer &CEO

BERintroduction

Established in 2005

Employ 4 full time staff plus 2 directors plus one part time

High qualified and trained staff

Based in Navan and Dublin

BERengineers irelandenergy efficiencyWhat we Offer

Dom & Com BER certs

Part L

NSAI reg. Air Tests

Sound tests / Part E advice

Part F- Ventilation advice

Assigned certifier:

M&E

Land registry compliant maps

Chartered Engineers reports

EA/TI etc

headers

Part L introduction

Previous regs - comparisons

Calculations for the 2011 BR & DEAP

Other data entries

Misnomers

Achieving compliance

Procedure for assessors

Forms to be signed

Air test

Sounds tests

Cannot cover all of it in one go.

Achieving A3 OR Achieving compliance !

http://www.bercerts.ie/images/abc.pngPart L introduction to 2011 BR

2007 BR saw the introduction of:

ATT (% of houses)

MPCPC & MPEPC

Compliance only achievable through DEAP software.

Renewables (10 kwh/m2/yr OR 4 for elec)

2011 BR saw a number of further changes see Table

BCAR system introduced - compliance to Part L

( i.e. Design/ Inspection / completion Certificates for BCAR systems)

1 July 2015 saw the intro of Sound testing on a % of houses

3d-and-PlansPart L Comparison Table 2007 V 2011

Element

2007 BR

2011 BR

Comments

Walls

0.27

0.21

Back Stop values

Floors

0.25/0.15

.21 / 0.15

Back Stop values

Slopes

0.2

0.16

Back Stop values

Flat

0.22

0.2

Back Stop values

Ceiling

0.16

0.16

Back Stop values

Thermal Bridging

0.08

0.08

ACD updated in 2015

Windows

2.0 @25%

1.6 @25%

MPCPC

0.69

0.46

MPEPC

0.6

0.4

ATT