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摘要

You'd think it would be hard to find anyone who thought improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings was a bad idea. Yet there is one sector of the industry that looks upon it as very much a secondary goal. They're the conservationists, and they have greeted the news that historic buildings may no longer be exempt from the increasingly onerous Part L of the Building Regulations with dismay.rnOf course, if you know your Building Regulations, you'll be aware that they already require energy improvements to be made to historic buildings undergoing renovation. However, the 2006 Part L included some last-minute wording copied from the European Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings that introduced the exemptions for listed buildings, buildings in conservation areas, ancient monuments and churches.