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Gas Safe Register Gas Safe Register replaced CORGI as the gas registration body in the UK on 1 April 2009.The HSE carried out a review of gas safety in 2006 which, after consultation with the gas industry, engineers and the public, led to the decision to change to a new gas registration scheme. The contract to run the new scheme was awarded to Capita and they launched Gas Safe Register. The sole focus of the register is on improving gas safety. You can find out more information from their web site Gas Safe Register MCS Accreditation Latent Heat passed its annual Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) re-accreditation with BRE with flying colours in March. This means that you can be assured that we are competent designers and installers of solar thermal systems (flat panels and evacuated tubes) which are tailored to your specific requirements and building type. It also means that you can apply for a 30% grant from Energy Saving Trust for the capital cost of your solar thermal installation.Home Report required in Scotland From 1 December 2008 properties for sale in Scotland have to be marketed with a ‘Home Report’. The Home Report contains a Single Survey, an Energy Report and a Property Questionnaire. Full details can be found on the Home Report web site A sample of the energy report can be seen here. It is clear that having an efficient heating system and a house with good insulation will result in a more favourable energy performance certificate. It remains to be seen whether this will be reflected in house prices as the system rolls out. Scottish Parliament Climate Change Bill The Scottish climate change bill came out in December 2008. View the full document here. The Bill policy areas are separated into five Parts • Part 1 creates a statutory framework for greenhouse gas emissions reductions in Scotland by setting a 50% reduction target for 2030 and an 80% reduction target for 2050. To help ensure the delivery of these targets, this Part of the Bill also requires that the Scottish Ministers set annual targets, in secondary legislation, for Scottish emissions from 2010 to 2050. • Part 2 contains provisions which will allow the Scottish Ministers to establish a Scottish Committee on Climate Change, or to designate an existing body, to exercise advisory functions. • Part 3 places duties on the Scottish Ministers requiring that they report regularly to the Scottish Parliament on Scotland’s emissions and on the progress being made towards the emissions reduction targets set in the Bill. • Part 4 powers to allow the Scottish Ministers, by regulations, to impose duties on public bodies in relation to climate change, to issue guidance to those bodies relating to their climate change duties and to require that they report upon the discharge of those duties. • Part 5 contains other climate change provisions. All of this is good news for the renewable energy industry. Modernising the Planning System in Scotland The Planning Scotland Act 2006 is a fundamental overhaul of the planning legislation in Scotland. Over the next couple of years this new legislation may well have an impact on the planning requirements for renewable sources of energy. The details can be viewed here.
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