Posted 17 December 2008
Housing minister Margaret Beckett has set out the government's proposals for making all new homes zero carbon from 2016.
The Government today launched its consultation process to identify barriers to the implementation of the zero carbon 2016 target and measures to overcome them, whilst taking into account the difficult economic conditions facing the housing industry.
Such proposed measures include:
Requiring a greatly increased level of energy efficiency in the fabric of new homes
Setting a minimum level of carbon reduction that developers must achieve on the site of the housing development, such as through improved insulation, or providing onsite renewable energy
Requiring developers to tackle the remaining carbon emissions of the new homes, by choosing measures from a list of "allowable solutions", such as providing energy efficient appliances with the home or exporting low and zero carbon heat and cooling to surrounding developments
"With the consultation process we are launching today, we are confident we will be able to achieve our ambitions while giving the industry flexibility for how they get there," said Margaret Beckett
The consultation runs until 18 March 2009. Click here for further details.
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