Date Time
New air tightness test approved for use by construction industry in revised UK Building Regs
The UK Government has announced a new air tightness technique can be used as an official compliance measurement tool in the UK’s recently-revised Building Regulations.
The low-pressure Pulse test is now an approved alternative method to the standard blower door test to measure the air tightness of buildings. The technological innovation was extensively researched and developed by The University of Nottingham, and is now commercially-licensed to tech start-up, Build Test Solutions (BTS).
Dr Chris Wood, one of the investigators at the University behind the Pulse test believes its inclusion in the latest Building Regulations represents a “significant step in the journey” towards delivering the new leakage measurement tool to the UK construction industry.