Future Homes Standard
Efficiency
Government issues statement confirming it is to consider a series of recommendations from the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) on how to decarbonise built environment to meet net zero
03 October 2022
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4 min read
Buildings
Croudace Homes to deliver 10 new homes in Didcot that BRE will test against the government's forthcoming Future Homes Standard
09 May 2022
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2 min read
Buildings
Building Research Establishment and BEIS announce plans to develop a new methodology to better measure energy performance of UK homes
03 May 2022
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2 min read
Policy
'Clear, long-term, detailed': Nationwide leads host of firms in demand for UK home retrofit strategy
EXCLUSIVE: Nationwide Building Society, British Gas, Rockwool and E.ON among cross-sector firms calling for detailed government policy to drive green home upgrades
18 August 2021
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5 min read
Energy
Business Secretary tells MPs Heat and Buildings Strategy will arrive 'soon', as speculation continues to mount over how the government will look to slash domestic emissions
21 July 2021
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6 min read
Buildings
Documents obtained by green group's investigations unit reveals housebuilder told government its plan to slash emissions by at least 75 per cent by 2025 were 'too ambitious'
05 July 2021
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3 min read
Buildings
21 organisations call for new National Retrofit Strategy in letter to top civil servant at housing ministry, warning current standards lack 'vision and ambition’
14 April 2021
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3 min read
Buildings
The government's plans for Building Regulations are a step in the right direction, but they must go further and not hold local authorities back, argues the UK Green Building Council's Philip Box
03 February 2021
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4 min read
Buildings
Government confirms Future Homes Standard will apply to any new homes built from 2025, delivering a major uptick in the pace of the shift away from gas boilers - but campaigners are left disappointed by failure to adopt more rapid timetable
20 January 2021
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6 min read
Buildings
A target for all new homes to be built without fossil fuel heating was initially announced, then de-announced, for 2023 - but how realistic is that target date, ponders ECIU's Jess Ralston
27 November 2020
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5 min read
