Publication - Advice and guidance

Building standards technical handbook 2020: domestic

Published: 2 December 2020
Directorate: Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic: Building, planning and design
ISBN: 978-1-78544-328-2

The building standards technical handbooks provide guidance on achieving the standards set in the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004. This handbook applies to a building warrant submitted on or after 1 March 2021 and to building work which does not require a warrant commenced from that date.

Supporting documents

6.10 Metering

Mandatory Standard

Standard 6.10

Every building must be designed and constructed in such a way that each building or part of a building designed for different occupation is fitted with fuel and power meters.

Limitation:

This standard does not apply to:

domestic buildings

district or block heating systems where each part of the building designed for different occupation is fitted with heat meters, or

heating fired by solid fuel or biomass.

6.10.0 Introduction

This standard does not apply to domestic buildings as fuel providers e.g. gas companies, provide meters to dwellings to enable correct charging for fuel used by the customer.

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6.10 Metering

Mandatory Standard

6.10.0 Introduction

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