Elmhurst releases update to Design SAP 10 Beta

Jason Hewins, On Construction Support Team Leader

Following the MHCLG publication of the Future Homes Standard consultation responses, and launch of the Future Building Standards consultation for England in January, Elmhurst has now released a new version of its popular Design SAP 10 Beta software.

These changes include the addition of the now retained Fabric Energy Efficiency Standard metric, with the two proposed options for setting the new Target Fabric Energy Efficiency Rate (TFEE) from the Future Building Standards consultation included.

As well as this, we have now updated our compliance results to reflect MHCLG confirming ‘Option 2 - Fabric plus Technology’ as the compliance standard for new dwellings in Part L 2021. The Target Primary Energy Rate (TPER) and Target Emission Rate (TER) now reflects this standard. assessments will perform against the new energy efficiency standards to be used in Part L 2021 for new homes. Design SAP 10 Beta also has the ability to import assessments from Design SAP 2012 to see what changes need to be made to the construction in order to comply with Part L 2021. This allows you to liaise with your clients to give them a head start in updating their building specifications for the implementation of Part L 2021 in June 2022. This is particularly relevant to developers who rely on traditional fossil fuel heating such as Oil or LPG boilers as it is expected compliance using these fuels will be much more onerous than in the current Building Regulations.

The Design SAP 10 Beta application is available to all existing Design SAP license holders free of charge. Should you wish to obtain a copy of the application please contact the On Construction Support Team who will be happy to arrange this for you.