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The demise of the Code for Sustainable Homes

Presented by: Claire Westron, Rund Partnership

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• The Housing Standards Review

• A new sustainability standard?

• Zero Carbon Homes by 2016?

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• The Housing Standards Review

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• Deregulation Bill to make changes to:

– Building Act 1984

– Planning and Energy Act 2008

Deregulation Bill

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• Changes to The Building Regulations:

– Amendments to the Building Act 1984

– Introduction of “optional requirements”

Deregulation Bill

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Five standards:

• Energy: – Building Regulations only approach

– No optional requirements in excess of Part L

– Part L to move to ‘zero carbon’ by 2016

• Water: – Current level of 125 litres/person/day retained

– New optional requirement of 110 litres/person/day (equivalent to Code Level 3/4)

New core standards

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• Access:

– Minimum access standards in Part M retained

– New optional requirement for accessibility

• Security:

– A single minimum security standard for new homes, based on best practice, as a Building Regulation

• Space:

– A new optional national standard

– Not a Building Regulation

New core standards

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• Optional requirements

– Will be applied as a Planning Condition

– Subject to need and viability

– Inspected and enforced by Building Control

Optional Requirements

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• Changes to Planning

– Amendments to the Planning and Energy Act 2008

– Removal of the clause that allows enhanced energy efficiency standards

Deregulation Bill

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Timescales

2015

Early 2015

• Deregulation Bill becomes law • Statement of Policy made • Publication of draft Building Regulations / standards

Autumn 2015 • New standards come into force (water, access, security, space)

2016

• Part L 2016 - Zero carbon

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• A new sustainability standard?

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Standards lost from Code

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• Emerging themes:

– Customer focused

– Link between as designed / as built performance

– Reward quality and high standards

– Sustainability – environmental, social and economic

– Separate from BREEAM

A new Sustainability standard

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• Will we reach Zero Carbon by 2016?

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• Zero Carbon:

– 2008 – Code Level 6

– 2011 – Code Level 5

– 2016 – Code Level 4 with remainder of emissions offset

– Small sites exempt

– 100,000 starter homes exempt

Zero Carbon definitions

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Zero Carbon policy

Code Level 4

Code Level 5

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Allowable solutions

Code Level 4

Code Level 5

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UK SAP ratings

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% of UK housing stock

SAP Band

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• Code to be wound down from 2015

• New optional requirements to be introduced from Autumn 2015

• New voluntary standard to be developed by the BRE

• Allowable solutions will give us the opportunity to improve the existing housing stock

Summary