Government sets out targets for new Future Homes Standard
The government has set out its plans and timeframe for its new Future Homes Standard which aims to radically improve the energy performance of new homes, making them zero carbon ready by 2025
The 114-page consultation response to proposed changes to Parts L (energy) and F (ventilation) of the Building Regulations sets out how, within four years, new housing must produce 75-80 per cent less carbon emissions than allowed under the current regulations.
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As a first step, from 2021 all new homes will be expected to produce 31 per cent lower carbon emissions as part of an ‘interim uplift’ in Part L standards