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here may be rather little to report on as we tentatively enter 2024, but there’s lots coming down the track. However one recent, belated development at the the end of 2023 was the draft version of the Future Homes Standard, not a minute too soon given it’s going to be implemented in 2025.


The consultation document given to the industry has however (possibly because of the now very tight timeframe) been derided by bodies such as UKGBC for lacking ambition. It aims to produce homes that have 75%-80% fewer emissions, but includes some unequivocal statements on what the standard does not cover, such as embodied carbon and even full endorsement of PVs. This is part of the reason for the criticism coming from those hoping for a more prescriptive and comprehensive approach.


The draft implicitly prioritises low carbon heating rather than installing PVs by default, giving the somewhat ironic reason that the electricity grid is increasingly becoming decarbonised. This is going down very badly among the eco-conscious fraternity, however sellers of heat pumps will be reassured.


The Good Homes Alliance says the new standard is a “business as usual charter,” and UKGBC castigated the FHS saying that existing homes are already being built with higher standards than it requires, although it’s hailed as providing ‘net zero ready’ homes. UKGBC is due to publish its Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard in spring 2024, in beta form but likely to be far more onerous, and thereby more ‘futureproof.’ However it won’t be a legal requirement, so those clients and Government bodies wanting to actually produce ‘net zero’ homes given the Government’s 78% CO2


reduction target in 2035 might want to look at this alternative.


The UKGBC’s standard includes embodied carbon, and aims to provide “clear, consistent defi nitions and trajectories to net zero buildings.” It’s claimed to be “collaboratively created by, and for, the built environment industry, and not owned by any one organisation or institute,” and to be “politically neutral,” which might help it survive the Election.


Meanwhile, Part Z (the industry-generated proposed Building Regulation covering embodied carbon) is somewhere in Bill form in the Houses of Parliament. Whether it will ever see the light of day is anyone’s guess.


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Something more tangible is that housebuilders now need to deliver 10% biodiversity net gain on new developments by law. Our recent round table on SuDS explains how it can be the ideal approach for producing natural features in the heart of new housing – a full white paper report on the event can be found at www. insights.netmagmedia.co.uk.


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SCIENNES PRIMARY SCHOOL, EDINBURGH An extension to a school in Edinburgh is not only Scotland’s fi rst CLT-constructed Passivhaus building, it’s also on course to be the fi rst primary education facility certifi ed to the standard


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ON THE COVER... A CLT extension to a school in Edinburgh is on the way to being Scotland’s fi rst Passivhaus primary school project.


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