The following Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions’ (DETR), Energy Efficiency Best Practice publications were obtained from the BRECSU Enquiries Bureau.

General Information Leaflets (GIL)

93.         GIL    19   Condensing Boilers in Housing – results of a market survey.

94.         GIL    22   Passive solar house design - Barratt Study.

95.         GIL    31   Building Research Establishment Domestic Energy Model (BREDEM)

96.         GIL    32   Passive solar design - Netley Abbey Infant School.

97.         GIL    33   Passive solar design - Looe Junior and Infant School.

98.         GIL    37   Sports and recreation centres – specifying for energy efficiency in CCT documents.

99.         GIL    83   Domestic boiler anti-cycling controls.

General Information Reports (GIR)

100.     GIR    16   High Efficiency Condensing Boilers (Domestic Applications) for Installers in the UK.

101.     GIR    38   Review of ultra-low energy homes. A series of UK and overseas profiles.

102.     GIR    39   Review of ultra-low energy homes. Ten UK profiles in detail.

103.     GIR    46   Energy efficiency in Scottish Housing Association refurbishment projects

Good Practice Case Studies

104.     GPCS 347   Building in energy efficiency – CALA Homes, Meriden, Warwickshire.

Good Practice Guides

105.     GPG  1   Guidance notes for the implementation of  Small Scale Combined Heat and Power.

106.     GPG  3   Introduction to Small-Scale Combined Heat and Power.

107.     GPG  73   Energy Efficient House Design - Exploiting solar energy

108.     GPG  79   Energy efficiency in new housing – guide to achieving best practice.

109.     GPG  93   Energy Efficiency in New Housing - Detailing for designers and building professionals – Key Detailing                  Principles.

110.     GPG  94   Energy Efficiency in New Housing - Detailing for designers and building professionals – Ground                  Floors.

111.     GPG  95   Energy Efficiency in New Housing - Detailing for designers and building professionals - External                 Cavity Walls.

112.     GPG  96   Energy Efficiency in New Housing - Detailing for designers and building professionals – Windows and                  External Doors.

113.     GPG  97   Energy Efficiency in New Housing - Detailing for designers and building professionals -Pitched Roofs.

114.     GPG  108   Energy Efficiency in New Housing - Site practice for tradesmen - Windows and Doors: Insulating                    Reveals.

115.     GPG  109   Energy Efficiency in New Housing - Site practice for tradesmen - Pitched Roofs: insulating a                    conventional pitched roof.

116.     GPG  110   Energy Efficiency in New Housing - Site practice for tradesmen - Pitched Roofs: insulating a room in                    the loft.

117.     GPG  115   An Environmental Guide to Small-scale Combined Hear and Power.

118.     GPG  116   Environmental Aspects of Large-scale Combined Heat and Power.

119.     GPG  129   Good housekeeping in dry sports centres.

120.     GPG  130   Good housekeeping in swimming pools – a guide for centre managers.

121.     GPG  137   Energy Efficiency in sports and recreation buildings: effective plant maintenance.

122.     GPG  143  Upgrading controls in domestic wet central heating systems - a guide for installers.

123.     GPG  144   Energy efficiency in sports and recreation buildings: technology overview.

124.     GPG  146   Energy efficiency in sports and recreation buildings: managing energy.

125.     GPG  155   Energy efficient refurbishment of existing housing.

126.     GPG  160   Electric Lighting Controls - a guide for designers, installers and users.

127.     GPG  174   Minimising thermal bridging in new dwellings.

128.     GPG  176   Small scale combined heat and power for buildings.

129.     GPG  186   Developing an effective energy policy.

130.     GPG  187   Heating system option appraisal - an engineer's guide for existing buildings.

131.     GPG  194   Building your own energy efficient house.

132.     GPG  227   Selecting Energy Efficient Windows.

Other BRECSU Publications

133.     NPIP  96   Evaluation of domestic add-on anti-cycling controls.

134.     "The Government's Standard Assessment Procedure for Energy Rating of Dwellings" 1993/94.


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