Changes to build on

摘要

Consultation, consultation, consultation. The British are renowned worldwide for embracing the notion in government. With Approved Document L (ADL), or Part L of the Building Regulations as it's better known, we find no exception. In fact, during the course of the past 18 months, the consultation for the new Part L, just for lighting alone, involved many hours of granular and detailed discussion, between government (specifically DCLG) and its consulting advisors, and industry bodies. Reflecting on this now, it is quite timely to remind ourselves just why this was all necessary and what we had hoped to see as an outcome. It is also worth noting that said outcomes were originally planned for implementation last September but only now have we seen the final documents which will be implemented in April 2014.