Building regulations - England and Wales:

• Approved Document C Site preparation and resistance to contaminants and moisture
• Approved Document L1 Conservation of fuel and power in dwellings
• Approved Document L2 Conservation of fuel and power in buildings other than dwellings

Building regulations - Republic of Ireland:

• Technical Guidance C Site Preparation and Resistance to Moisture
• Technical Guidance L Conservation of Fuel and Energy
  Building regulations - Northern Ireland
• Technical booklet C Site preparation and resistance to moisture
• Technical booklet F Conservation of fuel and power

Building regulations - Scotland:

• Technical handbook – domestic buildings, sections 3 and
• Technical handbook – non-domestic buildings, sections 3 and 6
  

Standards

• BS 5250: 2002: Code of practice for control of condensation in buildings
• BS 5534: 2003 Code of practice for slating and tiling (including shingles)
• BS 5628 Use of Masonry
• Part 3: 1985: Materials and components, design and workmanship
• BS 6399 Loading for buildings
  - Part 1: 1996: Code of practice for dead and imposed loads
  - Part 2: 1997: Code of practice for wind loads
• EN 826: 1996 Thermal insulating products for building applications. Determination of compression behaviour
• EN 1606: 1997 Thermal insulating products for building applications. Determination of compressive creep
• EN 12086: 1997 Thermal insulating products for building applications. Determination of water vapour transmission properties
• EN 12087: 1997 Thermal insulating products for building applications. Determination of long term water absorption by immersion
• EN 13165: 2001 Thermal insulation products for buildings. Factory made rigid polyurethane foam (PUR) products. Specification
• EN ISO 6946: 1997 Building components and building elements – Thermal resistance and thermal transmittance – Calculation method
• EN ISO 13370: 1998 Thermal performance of buildings – Heat transfer via the ground – Calculation methods
• EN ISO 13788: 2002 Hygrothermal performance of building components and building elements – Internal surface temperature to avoid critical surface humidity and interstitial condensation – Calculation methods

Other guidance

• National House Building Council Standards, NHBC
• House building manual 4th edition (Homebond), NHBG
• Limiting thermal bridging and air leakage: Robust construction details for dwellings and similar buildings, TSO, 2001
• Radon: guidance on protective measures for new dwellings,
  BRE, 1999
• Radon: guidance on protective measures for new dwellings in Scotland, BRE, 1999