Lpg Gains Advantage on
Oil
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has
announced, subject to Parliamentary approval, the new Document
L and the associated Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP). In
it, the fuel factor for lpg has been reduced from 1.13 to 1.10
following extensive lobbying by the LPGA, a greater reduction
than was originally asked for.
"This means that lpg will have a somewhat greater advantage over
oil than originally proposed," said Jeff Watson of the
LPGA. “This will make it easier for developers to achieve
the Target Carbon Emissions Rate for new dwellings overall when
specifying lpg heating. It will also be easier to meet the TCER
when specifying lpg than when specifying oil."
The LPGA
has also been advised that lpg CO2 emissions have been reduced
to 0.234kg/kWh, a reduction of 6% from the previous figure
of 0.249kg/kWh that the LPGA had strenuously contested.
"We can now say that, on a like for like basis, oil heating results
in 13.2% greater CO2 emissions than lpg heating," said
Jeff.
Despite repeated protests from the LPGA, the
fuel cost element has been retained in the SAP, but there has
been a small movement
from 3.39 to 3.71.
"We will continue to press the Government to remove cost elements
from the SAP and, indeed, from the Home Information Pack, but
it is nice to be able to report some success," Jeff added.
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