How impressed is the industry with Government action and promises so far?
Is funding in place for radical investment in carbon neutral?
Main takeaways:
Planning requirements across the country need to be tightened to promote carbon neutral development
Developers and investors are increasingly interested in carbon neutral but still need big exemplars to follow
Skills are as big a concern as funding for making carbon neutral happen by the deadlines set
Presentation by Josh Bullard, divisional director of smart energy at Hydrock
“As the UK aims for net zero, most of the low-hanging fruit is already taken,” Bullard told event delegates.
By Tom Lowe2021-03-09T06:01:00+00:00
Figures will be made available for government and public alike
The Construction Leadership Council has called on firms to play their part in tackling climate change as it reveals plans to share quarterly data with the government on the industry’s progress towards net zero.
The move is part of a new industry-wide campaign, dubbed C02nstruct Zero, which the CLC said will aim to “drive carbon out of all parts of the construction sector, from manufacturing and design to construction and operation of assets”.
CLC chair Andy Mitchell said the industry should use the spirit of togetherness fostered during the covid pandemic to tackle carbon emissions
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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
We, the undersigned, express our deep concern about the latest proposals for the expansion of Permitted Development Rights in England.
These proposals will lower housing standards and accessible natural green infrastructure provision, extinguish local democracy, and end public participation. Communities and their local councils have simply lost control of many of the forms of development that matter most to them.
Permissions for over one million new homes are already in place but not built out according to the Local Government Association. There is little case to be made that the current system does not deliver consent for development.
Existing permitted development rights have resulted in what the Government’s own report has called poor quality homes. Much less funding is going to local authorities as a result of these changes. Councillors and MPs across the spectrum have voiced their deep concern at the size, quality, amenity, design, location and climate change implicatio