Religions > Atheism > OT: Strange but true: shoddy building work in Exeter kills people in Ethiopia
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30 May 2006 02:40:11 AM |
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OT: Strange but true: shoddy building work in Exeter kills people in Ethiopia |
Strange but true: shoddy building work in Exeter kills people in
Ethiopia
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1785437,00.html
Housing inspectors could make a huge impact on climate change - by
enforcing the laws on energy efficiency
George Monbiot
Tuesday May 30, 2006
The Guardian
For 21 years builders in this country have been legally bound to
construct homes that conserve energy. The building regulations tell
them how much insulation they must use, what kind of windows they must
fit and how good their draught-proofing will be. Guess how many
builders have been prosecuted in that period for non-compliance. I
won't keep you in suspense: the answer is none.
There should be only one good reason for this: that they are building
houses so well that enforcement is unnecessary. But a study conducted
by the Building Research Establishment, looking at just one factor (the
rate at which cold air leaks in) found that 43% of the new houses it
checked should have been failed by the inspectors. All of them had been
passed. In some homes the requisite amount of insulation had been left
in the lofts, but it was still tied up in bales. No one has been
prosecuted because no one gives a damn.
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