1. A BSRIA
Presentation

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BSRIA Compliance Services
BSRIA Compliance
Provides the Complete Building Regulations
Compliance Testing Solution throughout the UK
A National Reputation with Local Service & Expertise

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Making buildings better…
BSRIA is ...
A Member based Association
Providing Consultancy, Testing
Information & Research
What?
Consultancy services
Compliance Testing
Test Instruments
Publications
Training
Information
Research
How?Building Owner/Operators
Specifiers
Manufacturers
Contractors
The Building Industry
For
whom
?
Why?
To help industry
and clients be
more efficient
and effective
Building Services Research
& Information Association

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Membership
 Corporate – benefits to
whole company
 Unlock BSRIA expertise
and instant access to
guidance and information
 On-line, phone or in
person
 Free network events and
webinars
 ‘Belong’ to industry best
practice
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Academics, institutions
and associations
Clients and building
operators
Manufacturers
Consulting engineers
Contractors

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History of the BSRIA name
Became the
Building
Services Research
And Information
Association
1975
BSRIA trading
name established
2000
Formed as the H&V
Research Council
1955

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BSRIA
A Test, consultancy, Instrument,
Research and Market Intelligence,
Information providing organisation
We specialise in construction and
building services
Member based association
Our Mission is to
• Make Buildings Better
OUR VALUES –
Innovative
Independent
Authoritative
Collaborative

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BSRIA Compliance Services
BSRIA Compliance
Provides the Complete Building Regulations
Compliance Testing Solution throughout the UK
For:
Sound Insulation Air Tightness Domestic Ventilation

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BSRIA Compliance Services
BSRIA (Building Services Research & Information Association), provides a
Comprehensive, Compliance Testing Service, for stress free compliance to UK
Building Regulations and Standards.
• Use BSRIA Compliance Services as your work partner to provide experienced
accredited engineers and a Quality Assured service to fulfil your requirement for
Building Regulations Compliance Testing.

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BSRIA Compliance Services
BSRIA Compliance offers and provides a Single Source Solution for
Airtightness Testing for Compliance with Building Regulations and Standards.
For New Builds, Domestic Dwellings and Commercial properties, where:
Airtightness Testing is required to meet with the requirements for Conservation of
fuel and power Part L, for Compliance Testing on Part L Building Regulations, (Part
L1A & L2A) in England & Wales , Section 6 Building Standards in Scotland &
Northern Ireland (Part F).

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BSRIA Compliance Services
BSRIA Compliance offers and provides a Single Source Solution for
Acoustic Testing for Compliance with Building Regulations and Standards.
For New Builds, Domestic Dwellings and Commercial properties, where:
Sound Insulation Testing is required to meet with the Requirements for
Resistance to the Passage of Sound.
for Compliance Testing on Part E Building Regulations, in England & Wales and
Section 5 of the Scottish Building Standards.

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BSRIA Compliance Services
BSRIA Compliance offers and provides a Single Source Solution for
Ventilation Testing for Compliance with Building Regulations and Standards.
For New Builds, Domestic Dwellings and Commercial properties, where:
Ventilation Testing - for Compliance Testing on Part F Building Regulations, in
England & Wales, section 3 Building standards in Scotland.

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BSRIA Compliance Services
BSRIA Compliance provide a Rapid response from a Nationwide Team of
more than Forty Engineers, regionally located across England, Wales,
Scotland and N Ireland to provide a Premium, Cost Effective Local Service.
A National Reputation
With Local Service & Expertise

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BSRIA Compliance Services
Why Choose BSRIA Compliance ?
Choosing BSRIA to conduct your Compliance Testing, you are selecting an Organisation
that you can trust and have confidence in, a team that you can rely on to provide the
Service that you require.
• Rapid response from Nationwide Team of Engineers, regionally located across
England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland to provide a Cost Effective Local Service.
• The BSRIA name is recognised and respected throughout the Construction Industry
and with the Building Control Authorities/organisations
• BSRIA are members of ATTMA, the Air Tightness & Measurement Association and all
BSRIA Compliance Engineers are registered with the ATTMA Competent Persons
Scheme for Air Tightness Testers , authorised by the DCLG the Governing body for
Building Regulations.

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BSRIA Compliance Services
• BSRIA is UKAS accredited for Air Tightness Testing to CIBSE TM23, BS EN13829,
ATTMA TSL1 & TSL2, which ensures acceptance/recognition
as an accredited Testing organisation by Building Control
Authorities.
• All the Test Equipment used by BSRIA Compliance is
UKAS Calibrated

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BSRIA Compliance Services
• BSRIA Compliance have extensive knowledge and experience (over 30
years), in this field, with a proven track record having conducted more than
200,000 airtightness tests which make BSRIA Compliance the UK Market
Leaders in this business sector.
• BSRIA Compliance have conducted Compliance Testing for the major
Housebuilding and Construction companies throughout the UK, conducting
testing on many notable Housing developments ranging from a single house to
large developments with hundreds of houses. BSRIA Compliance are now
conducting in excess of 40,000 Domestic Air Tightness tests per annum,

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• BSRIA Compliance have conducted Testing on a wide range of Commercial
properties, including many prestigious developments such as the Olympic
Village, (including the Stadium and Velodrome), the SSE Hydro, Heron Tower
London, numerous Superstores and Distribution Centres for the major
Retailers.
BSRIA Compliance have extensive experience and knowledge gained with the
testing of a wide variety of Commercial Buildings

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BSRIA Compliance Services
Air Tightness Testing
BSRIA provides the Technical Expertise and experience to enable you to
achieve compliance with Parts L1A, L2A in England and Wales, Section 6
Building Standards in Scotland and Part F Northern Ireland.
BSRIA has over 30 years’ experience in Airtightness Testing, having
conducted more than 200,000 Airtightness Tests on an extensive range of
Buildings, both Dwellings and Commercial premises.
The expertise, extensive awareness and understanding of the requirements
associated with the requirements for Airtightness Testing, that have been
gained overtime, contribute to BSRIA being the Market Leader in this Field.

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Why Is Reducing Air Leakage Important?
■ Heating buildings involves burning fossil fuels and producing
CO2 emissions
■ CO2 is a greenhouse gas – it contributes to global warming
■ Reduced air leakage, results in reduced heating energy use
■ The purpose of reducing air leakage is to reduce CO2
emissions, reduce heating bills, and improve occupant
comfort

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What is Air Leakage
Air leakage is the uncontrolled flow of air through gaps and cracks in
the fabric of a building (sometimes referred to as infiltration or
draughts).
This is not to be confused with ventilation, which is the Designed,
controlled flow of air into and out of the building through purpose built
ventilators that are required for the comfort and safety of the
occupants.
Too much air leakage leads to unnecessary heat loss and discomfort
to the occupants from cold draughts.
It is expressed in m3/(h.m2) @ 50 Pa
The worst allowable design air permeability is 10 m3/(h.m2) @ 50 Pa

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What causes Air Leakage?
■ Wind blowing against or across a building
Wind against the dwelling causes pressure differences between the inside and outside. Air is
drawn into the dwelling through gaps on the windward face (infiltration) and leaves the dwelling
on the leeward face (exfiltration)
■ Warm air rising within a building (the stack effect)
Warm indoor air is more buoyant than colder outside air (buoyant air rises by convection). This
rising effect draws in cooler air from outside (infiltration) which is felt as cold draughts inside.
The rising effect increases the pressure inside the dwelling which pushes warm air out of cracks
and gaps in the envelope (exfiltration). It is worsened when it is very cold outside and warm
inside.

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BSRIA Compliance Services
Air Tightness Testing
BSRIA and NHBC are two highly respected names in the
Construction / Building Services Sector.
NHBC are in Partnership with BSRIA and entrust BSRIA
to conduct all their Airtightness Testing,
Make the same wise choice as NHBC, use BSRIA for all your Airtightness
Testing needs.
In recognition of the Quality service provided by BSRIA,
BSRIA are winners of a prestigious “Supplier Excellence”
award, winning the Barratt Developments “Service Supplier
of the year”, award.
Which was presented in acknowledgement of being the
“Best Quality Service Provider”,
in relation to the Airtightness Compliance Testing Service provided to Barratt
Developments, the largest UK House Builder.

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BSRIA Compliance Services
Sound Insulation Testing
BSRIA provides UKAS accredited sound insulation testing on all types of
buildings for compliance with Part E of the Building Regulations in England
and Wales and Section 5 of the Scottish Building Standards.
Sound Insulation Testing can also gain credits for the Code for Sustainable
Homes and EcoHomes environmental assessment schemes.
We provide detailed reports of acoustic performance and
make practical recommendations for improvements if
necessary.

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BSRIA Compliance Services
Sound Insulation Testing
Under Part E of the Building Regulations, a sample of dwellings may have to
be tested to demonstrate levels of sound insulation.
BSRIA can advise on the correct number of tests required and, where
applicable, the required increase in performance.
Use BSRIA’s Fully accredited engineers to provide
certification for Building Regulations Part E compliance, as their
accreditations are recognised / accepted by Building Control

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VentilationTesting
BSRIA tests domestic ventilation systems as required by Part F of the
Building Regulations 2010. These tests are required for almost every
dwelling - not only for system type 4 (Continuous mechanical balanced
system with heat recovery), and type 3 (Continuous mechanical extract); but
also for type 1 (Background ventilators and intermittent extract fans).
We validate the system , verifying the required air flows and check that it has
been commissioned correctly.
As required by the Regulations, we use only UKAS calibrated
equipment and engineers registered with a competent scheme.

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VentilationTesting
Part F Building Regulations 2010 introduced the requirement to verify
practical performance of ventilation in new dwellings against design. This
requires validation of airflow measurements for every dwelling constructed
under this edition of the Building Regulations as well as ensuring that the
system has been configured correctly.
The tests must be undertaken using UKAS calibrated equipment and should
be conducted by an engineer registered with a competent persons scheme
with respect to "domestic ventilation technologies".
Where the engineer undertaking the testing is not registered
a 25% penalty will be applied within SAP.
All BSRIA Compliance engineers have successfully
completed the BPEC Domestic Ventilation course.

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BSRIA Compliance Services
BSRIA Compliance
The Complete Building Regulations Compliance
Testing Solution
Tel No 0800 5871000
www.bsria.co.uk/compliance