You may have seen since WERs were introduced literature and adverts that say "A rated glass" somewhere on them. Well, the BFRC has issued a warning today to explain that this in fact is not allowed, and that companies found to be advertising glass as A rated could face a hefty fine. Window, not glass [...]
Monday July 22nd will go down as a very important day indeed. No I'm not talking about the Royal Baby, although that is something culturally and historically very important. No, I'm talking about the BFRC finally confirming that they are now releasing an A+ rating. I want to thank one of my Twitter pals for [...]
Many of will have seen a post I have done recently about the need for a change in the energy ratings scale due to the very high standard A ratings out there at the moment. Well it appears that we may be about to see a brand new section added to the energy ratings ladder. [...]
Sometimes the industry really does make it hard for itself. For example, when the WER scheme became one of the main ways to show energy efficiency compliance, a lot of the industry was under the impression that an installer could use their own supplier's certificate providing it didn't have their company name on the certificate. [...]
Like most of you, I received the latest issue of Glass Times on my desk this afternoon. As I started to meander through the pages, past the people that shaved their head for charity and who had brought out a new screw, I came across a story on page 7 that I recognized the topic [...]
Reply to Double Glazing Blogger Dear Sirs, We are writing in response to the Open Letter on your website of 6 March 2012. The first thing to say is that though BFRC has launched numerous new and dynamic WER licence products over the last 12 months there have been no changes made to the BFRC [...]
A week ago, I published a post which explained that the BFRC has cast doubt over who can actually use their certification and how. This issue isn't in fact a week old. It's more like a month. The original source of this story explained to me that the BFRC raised this issue with him over [...]
When the Building Regulations changes came into force in October 2010, it was the industry's understanding that if an installer was using a supplier which had a fully glazed window tested by an official inspector and was registered with the BFRC, then that installer could use their certificate to show compliance. As you remember, the [...]
>I have tried desperately myself to keep optimistic about the WER scheme and it's enforcement on October 1st. But after finding out what I have over the past 48 hours, I've lost all faith I had in it. The more the BFRC's plan has unravelled, the more it looks as though it has just been [...]
>I've just read an e-mail sent by FENSA setting out information about the coming changes to Part L. On the last page of that e-mail it goes on to say: "It is generally anticipated the revisions will require at least a BFRC 'C' energy rated window and probably an equally demanding alternative method to demonstrate [...]
>It might just be me, but when I place myself on the outside of this industry and look in, we all seem to be a bunch of people with good intentions but no energy to go forth and carry out the actions we say we want to. And I mean that in the broadest sense [...]
>I said on RCG's blog I wouldn't write a post about the changes to Document L because Kevin Ahern covered my point well. But I'm going to, and I'm going to be blunt!I think the BFRC and the GGF had all this planned months ago, it's all too convenient! The BFRC set up the OPTIONAL [...]
>The WER supplement to the Glass Times magazine has provided information on the costs involved to join the Authorised Retailers scheme. They are as follows:There is a one off registration fee of £200To licence a single product (per annum): £199To licence multiple products (per annum): £399They do also point out however that between the 1st [...]
>As of the 1st September, installers will now be able to install their energy rated windows under their own labels, and not their supplier's. From the selling angle, this is great for installers, as I'm sure many would rather advertise energy rated windows under their own label, and not their supplier's. For a change there [...]
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