Indoor air quality and ventilation manufacturing specialist Nuaire has launched a new CPD, An Introduction to Building Regulations – Part F Volume 1, designed to help building services professionals better understand the ventilation requirements for dwellings and how they interact with other areas of the Building Regulations.
Rather than considering Ventilation: Approved Document F in isolation, the new CPD looks at its relationship with Parts B, J, L, K, M and O, highlighting some of the issues that need to be considered when designing and specifying residential ventilation. These range from fire safety and the safe operation of combustion appliances to energy efficiency, accessibility and overheating.
The CPD also provides an overview of the fundamental principles behind Part F, including why ventilation is required to protect occupant health by removing water vapour and indoor pollutants, supplying outdoor air and providing purge ventilation when higher concentrations of pollutants or moisture need to be dispersed.
From there, attendees are taken through the different ventilation strategies available for dwellings, including natural ventilation with intermittent extract, continuous mechanical extract ventilation and mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR). Practical subjects such as extract and whole-dwelling ventilation rates, background ventilators, air transfer, purge ventilation, acoustics and access for maintenance are also addressed.
The CPD uses worked examples to demonstrate how the regulations are applied in practice, including ventilation calculations for different system types. It also examines the role airtightness plays in determining an appropriate ventilation strategy and considers the relative advantages and limitations of different approaches.
Part F is continuing to evolve, and the CPD concludes by looking ahead to changes due to come into force on 24 March 2027, including tighter requirements relating to static pressure and ductwork.
Contact Nuaire to book the new CPD
Nuaire’s An Introduction to Building Regulations – Part F Volume 1 CPD is available online or in person. To book the CPD and discover Nuaire’s other CPDs and training options, go to https://www.nuaire.co.uk/support/cpd-and-training/
