A BSRIA

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BSRIA Compliance Services

BSRIA Compliance Provides the Complete Building Regulations

Compliance Testing Solution throughout the UK

A National Reputation with Local Service & Expertise

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BSRIA is ...

A Member based Association

Providing Consultancy, Testing

Information & Research

What?

Consultancy services

Compliance Testing

Test Instruments

Publications

Training

Information

Research

How? Building Owner/Operators

Specifiers

Manufacturers

Contractors

The Building Industry

For whom

?

Why? To help industry

and clients be

more efficient

and effective

Building Services Research

& Information Association

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Membership

Corporate – benefits to whole company

Unlock BSRIA expertise and instant access to guidance and information

On-line, phone or in person

Free network events and webinars

‘Belong’ to industry best practice

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Academics, institutions

and associations

Clients and building

operators

Manufacturers

Consulting engineers

Contractors

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History of the BSRIA name

Became the

Building

Services Research

And Information

Association

1975

BSRIA trading

name established

2000

Formed as the H&V

Research Council

1955

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BSRIA

A Test, consultancy, Instrument, Research and Market Intelligence, Information providing organisation

We specialise in construction and building services

Member based association

Our Mission is to

• Make Buildings Better

OUR VALUES –

Innovative

Independent

Authoritative

Collaborative

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BSRIA Compliance Services

BSRIA Compliance Provides the Complete Building Regulations

Compliance Testing Solution throughout the UK

For:

Sound Insulation Air Tightness Domestic Ventilation

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BSRIA Compliance Services

BSRIA (Building Services Research & Information Association), provides a

Comprehensive, Compliance Testing Service, for stress free compliance to UK

Building Regulations and Standards.

• Use BSRIA Compliance Services as your work partner to provide experienced

accredited engineers and a Quality Assured service to fulfil your requirement for

Building Regulations Compliance Testing.

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BSRIA Compliance Services

BSRIA Compliance offers and provides a Single Source Solution for

Airtightness Testing for Compliance with Building Regulations and Standards.

For New Builds, Domestic Dwellings and Commercial properties, where:

Airtightness Testing is required to meet with the requirements for Conservation of

fuel and power Part L, for Compliance Testing on Part L Building Regulations, (Part

L1A & L2A) in England & Wales , Section 6 Building Standards in Scotland &

Northern Ireland (Part F).

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BSRIA Compliance Services

BSRIA Compliance offers and provides a Single Source Solution for

Acoustic Testing for Compliance with Building Regulations and Standards.

For New Builds, Domestic Dwellings and Commercial properties, where:

Sound Insulation Testing is required to meet with the Requirements for

Resistance to the Passage of Sound.

for Compliance Testing on Part E Building Regulations, in England & Wales and

Section 5 of the Scottish Building Standards.

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BSRIA Compliance offers and provides a Single Source Solution for

Ventilation Testing for Compliance with Building Regulations and Standards.

For New Builds, Domestic Dwellings and Commercial properties, where:

Ventilation Testing - for Compliance Testing on Part F Building Regulations, in

England & Wales, section 3 Building standards in Scotland.

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BSRIA Compliance Services

BSRIA Compliance provide a Rapid response from a Nationwide Team of

more than Forty Engineers, regionally located across England, Wales,

Scotland and N Ireland to provide a Premium, Cost Effective Local Service.

A National Reputation

With Local Service & Expertise

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Why Choose BSRIA Compliance ?

Choosing BSRIA to conduct your Compliance Testing, you are selecting an Organisation

that you can trust and have confidence in, a team that you can rely on to provide the

Service that you require.

• Rapid response from Nationwide Team of Engineers, regionally located across

England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland to provide a Cost Effective Local Service.

• The BSRIA name is recognised and respected throughout the Construction Industry

and with the Building Control Authorities/organisations

• BSRIA are members of ATTMA, the Air Tightness & Measurement Association and all

BSRIA Compliance Engineers are registered with the ATTMA Competent Persons

Scheme for Air Tightness Testers , authorised by the DCLG the Governing body for

Building Regulations.

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• BSRIA is UKAS accredited for Air Tightness Testing to CIBSE TM23, BS EN13829,

ATTMA TSL1 & TSL2, which ensures acceptance/recognition

as an accredited Testing organisation by Building Control

Authorities.

• All the Test Equipment used by BSRIA Compliance is

UKAS Calibrated

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• BSRIA Compliance have extensive knowledge and experience (over 30

years), in this field, with a proven track record having conducted more than

200,000 airtightness tests which make BSRIA Compliance the UK Market

Leaders in this business sector.

• BSRIA Compliance have conducted Compliance Testing for the major

Housebuilding and Construction companies throughout the UK, conducting

testing on many notable Housing developments ranging from a single house to

large developments with hundreds of houses. BSRIA Compliance are now

conducting in excess of 40,000 Domestic Air Tightness tests per annum,

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• BSRIA Compliance have conducted Testing on a wide range of Commercial

properties, including many prestigious developments such as the Olympic

Village, (including the Stadium and Velodrome), the SSE Hydro, Heron Tower

London, numerous Superstores and Distribution Centres for the major

Retailers.

BSRIA Compliance have extensive experience and knowledge gained with the

testing of a wide variety of Commercial Buildings

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Air Tightness Testing

BSRIA provides the Technical Expertise and experience to enable you to

achieve compliance with Parts L1A, L2A in England and Wales, Section 6

Building Standards in Scotland and Part F Northern Ireland.

BSRIA has over 30 years’ experience in Airtightness Testing, having

conducted more than 200,000 Airtightness Tests on an extensive range of

Buildings, both Dwellings and Commercial premises.

The expertise, extensive awareness and understanding of the requirements

associated with the requirements for Airtightness Testing, that have been

gained overtime, contribute to BSRIA being the Market Leader in this Field.

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Why Is Reducing Air Leakage Important?

■ Heating buildings involves burning fossil fuels and producing

CO2 emissions

■ CO2 is a greenhouse gas – it contributes to global warming

■ Reduced air leakage, results in reduced heating energy use

■ The purpose of reducing air leakage is to reduce CO2

emissions, reduce heating bills, and improve occupant

comfort

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What is Air Leakage

Air leakage is the uncontrolled flow of air through gaps and cracks in the fabric of a building (sometimes referred to as infiltration or draughts).

This is not to be confused with ventilation, which is the Designed, controlled flow of air into and out of the building through purpose built ventilators that are required for the comfort and safety of the occupants.

Too much air leakage leads to unnecessary heat loss and discomfort to the occupants from cold draughts.

It is expressed in m3/(h.m2) @ 50 Pa

The worst allowable design air permeability is 10 m3/(h.m2) @ 50 Pa

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What causes Air Leakage? ■ Wind blowing against or across a building Wind against the dwelling causes pressure differences between the inside and outside. Air is

drawn into the dwelling through gaps on the windward face (infiltration) and leaves the dwelling

on the leeward face (exfiltration)

■ Warm air rising within a building (the stack effect) Warm indoor air is more buoyant than colder outside air (buoyant air rises by convection). This

rising effect draws in cooler air from outside (infiltration) which is felt as cold draughts inside.

The rising effect increases the pressure inside the dwelling which pushes warm air out of cracks

and gaps in the envelope (exfiltration). It is worsened when it is very cold outside and warm

inside.

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Air Tightness Testing

BSRIA and NHBC are two highly respected names in the

Construction / Building Services Sector.

NHBC are in Partnership with BSRIA and entrust BSRIA

to conduct all their Airtightness Testing,

Make the same wise choice as NHBC, use BSRIA for all your Airtightness

Testing needs.

In recognition of the Quality service provided by BSRIA,

BSRIA are winners of a prestigious “Supplier Excellence”

award, winning the Barratt Developments “Service Supplier

of the year”, award.

Which was presented in acknowledgement of being the

“Best Quality Service Provider”,

in relation to the Airtightness Compliance Testing Service provided to Barratt

Developments, the largest UK House Builder.

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Sound Insulation Testing

BSRIA provides UKAS accredited sound insulation testing on all types of

buildings for compliance with Part E of the Building Regulations in England

and Wales and Section 5 of the Scottish Building Standards.

Sound Insulation Testing can also gain credits for the Code for Sustainable

Homes and EcoHomes environmental assessment schemes.

We provide detailed reports of acoustic performance and

make practical recommendations for improvements if

necessary.

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Sound Insulation Testing

Under Part E of the Building Regulations, a sample of dwellings may have to

be tested to demonstrate levels of sound insulation.

BSRIA can advise on the correct number of tests required and, where

applicable, the required increase in performance.

Use BSRIA’s Fully accredited engineers to provide

certification for Building Regulations Part E compliance, as their

accreditations are recognised / accepted by Building Control

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VentilationTesting

BSRIA tests domestic ventilation systems as required by Part F of the

Building Regulations 2010. These tests are required for almost every

dwelling - not only for system type 4 (Continuous mechanical balanced

system with heat recovery), and type 3 (Continuous mechanical extract); but

also for type 1 (Background ventilators and intermittent extract fans).

We validate the system , verifying the required air flows and check that it has

been commissioned correctly.

As required by the Regulations, we use only UKAS calibrated

equipment and engineers registered with a competent scheme.

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VentilationTesting

Part F Building Regulations 2010 introduced the requirement to verify

practical performance of ventilation in new dwellings against design. This

requires validation of airflow measurements for every dwelling constructed

under this edition of the Building Regulations as well as ensuring that the

system has been configured correctly.

The tests must be undertaken using UKAS calibrated equipment and should

be conducted by an engineer registered with a competent persons scheme

with respect to "domestic ventilation technologies".

Where the engineer undertaking the testing is not registered

a 25% penalty will be applied within SAP.

All BSRIA Compliance engineers have successfully

completed the BPEC Domestic Ventilation course.

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BSRIA Compliance

The Complete Building Regulations Compliance

Testing Solution

Tel No 0800 5871000

www.bsria.co.uk/compliance