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For Total Building Performance

Total Building Performance issues include building integrity, indoor air quality, lighting quality, spatial quality, energy efficiency, acoustics and building quality.

Building Control Regulations governing Building Integrity are:

• Structural Design and Loads - Div 1

• Claddings - Div 4

• Staircases - Div 5

• Roof and Lightning Protection - Div 6

• Lifts and Escalators - Div 7

• General Building Requirements - Div 12

• Protective Hoardings, Fencing, and Life Safety Measures -  Div 15

• Site Formation and Foundation - Div 16

Building Control Regulations governing Indoor Air Quality are:

• Natural Light & Ventilation (on natural ventilation openings) – Div 8 

• Air Conditioning & Mechanical Ventilation (on fresh air requirements) –Div 9

• Non-regulatory Guidelines for Good Indoor Air Quality (by ENV)

• Non-regulatory CP on Legionnaire’s Disease (by ENV)

Building Control Regulations governing Lighting Quality are:

• Natural Light & Ventilation (on provision of natural lighting through openings) –Div 8

• Artificial Lighting (on design illuminance) – Div 11

Building Control Regulations governing Spatial Quality are:

• Provisions for Physically Handicapped – Div 2

• Space About & Within Buildings – Div 3

• Staircases (on width & headroom) –Div 5

• General Planning Act – Development Control Guidelines from URA

Building Control Regulations governing Energy Efficiency Quality are:

• Air Conditioning & Mechanical Ventilation (on temperature & relative humidity) –Div 9

• Energy Conservation Requirements(on OTTV, RTTV) –Div 10

• Artificial Lighting (on lighting load density) – Div 11

Not regulated but current measures for Acoustics Quality include:

• SS CP13: 1999: CP for Mechanical ventilation and air-conditioning in buildings

• On-going committee on "Control of Indoor Noise

Not regulated but current measures for Building Quality include:

• Quality Assessment Schemes such as CONQUAS, and ISO9000

• Quality Development Programme such as Programmes on Design Quality, Construction quality and Maintenance Quality

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