Carbon emissions; Building Design provides some interesting observations.
All new buildings must reduce their carbon emissions by about a third, the government announced today.
Building Regulations will be amended to enforce a 30% cut on emissions from new homes and a 27% cut on other buildings.
The new rules will come into force in June 2022, with a transition period to allow for planning applications that are in progress at the time.
Junior housing minister Eddie Hughes said the change would pave the way for the Future Homes and Buildings Standard in 2025 and would mean all future homes would be net zero-ready and would not need retrofitting.
“The changes will significantly improve the energy efficiency of the buildings where we live, work and spend our free time and are an important step on our country’s journey towards a cleaner, greener built environment,” he said.
The announcements were set out in the Department for Levelling-Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC)’s response published today to a public consultation, which ran from January to April on the Future Buildings Standard. It details interim uplifts to Parts L and F of the Building Regulations and the introduction of Part O. Read more….