The future of sustainable housing: creating a new standard. Putting the consumer at the heart of new housing

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1 The future of sustainable housing: creating a new standard Putting the consumer at the heart of new housing

2 BRE is developing a voluntary sustainability standard for new homes that will allow developers to differentiate their product in the marketplace by recognising performance beyond minimum regulation and provide increased quality and choice for the consumer.

3 Our vision of homes for the future The new standard will be developed for the UK market and can be adapted for specific local circumstances. It will use an easy to understand, consumer focused rating system. It aims to tackle the performance gap issue, ensuring that the home is performing as designed and if not to recommend a course of action the home owner can take. Image source: Flickr, copyright lydia_shiningbrightly

4 The past The Code for Sustainable Homes has a top down approach, with limited influence by the end user. Most members of the public have not heard of the Code for Sustainable Homes. Local Authorities HCA DCLG House Builders

5 Regulations are minimum standards What do many developers already do that are above regulations? Standards from Code not going into government owned standards/regulations Drying Space Home Office White Goods Energy Efficiency Materials & Lifecycle External Lighting Internal Recycling Site Waste Water Efficiency Pollution Composting Daylight Sound Site Impacts CCS User Guide Ecology Private Space Optional must be justified/viable Cycle Storage LZT Energy Display Surface Water/ Flood Risk Access and LTH Into Regs Security

6 Identifying critical issues Resilience to adverse and extreme weather (heat, cold, snow and rain). Mental and physical health & wellbeing of occupants. Resource efficiency. Increased biodiversity. Low energy, water and maintenance costs. Improved connectivity.

7 Putting the occupier at the centre Government The new standard will give householders a robust stamp of approval to allow them to make informed choices over their financial outgoings, health and wellbeing and their impact on the environment. Products and Skills Landlords House Builders Assessors Financial Institutions

8 What our new standard will provide: Developers Differentiate product to consumers, with third party verification. Increase certainty [reduce costs] over design and build process De-politicise future Help lever funding from RSLs Reduce risk for financing A tool for reducing planning bureaucracy

9 What our new standard will provide: Rental Sector Ensure high standards for residents Provide third party verification and expertise on developments Reduce running, maintenance and insurance costs of stock Continue to reduce fuel poverty Increase certainty over rental incomes, levering preferential finance for future developments A tool to understand differences between developers at bidding stage

10 What our new standard will provide: Policy Makers Enable benchmarking of policies A national framework to progress with current challenges within the construction industry Reduce costs of future legislation Drive innovation, products, services and employment for UK plc. A tool to understand differences between developers at planning stage

11 What our new standard will provide: Financial Services A tool to differentiate developments for insurance, legal assurance, mortgages and financing. Provide increased understanding on both financial and climatic risks. Product/Skill providers A multi-issue framework to promote products and skills that is understood both nationally and globally.

12 Launch Timeline Quarter Feedback from consultation workshops New standard brochure published with technical aims and policy justification Desk based reassessment of current sites Quarter Draft produced of full technical criteria and evidence Detailed consultation on technical criteria Pilot sites to start building to new standard Official launch including name (Ecobuild - March 2015) Quarter 2 and Final 2015 technical guidance Fully operational with online tools www. breeam.com/projects Scheme open for registrations

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