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t our most recent Building Insights LIVE round table, we were pleased to have both Barratt Redrow and Bellway Homes on board, to discuss the realities of delivering the Future Homes Standard, which is still thought to be emerging in its fi nal iteration this year. We were joined by both housebuilders’ technical innovation leads, in the form of Danielle Michalska of Barratt Redrow, and Bellway’s Jamie Bursnell.


One of the main takeaways from the event was that there were rumours that the generally preferred Option 1 (of two) of the FHS (which includes solar PV as well as direct mechanical ventilation, slightly lower air-tightness, and waste water heat recovery) was the Government’s preferred option too. However, they are only thought to be progressing Option 1 in an ‘enhanced’ 1.5-type version, which seeks further consultation around solar PV generation requirements. I can’t see this coming in fully in 2025 as planned, and several delegates felt the same way – in fact Bellway’s Bursnell reckoned it’d be more like the end of 2026 before the fi nal standard appears.


We gathered a range of valuable insights and recommendations from the event, which will be available in a report that can be downloaded from our dedicated netMAG Insights site, found at www.insights. netmagmedia.co.uk


Of course, the real challenge for the domestic sector (not that the Future Homes Standard doesn’t present challenges) is how we are going to tackle the retrofi t of the 18 million existing homes to bring them up to scratch. Barratt Redrow and Saint-Gobain have for several years now been testing a new build home (Energy House 2.0) built to anticipated Future Homes Standard ‘affordably’ in controlled conditions at the University of Salford (also the venue for a similar Bellway project, Future Home).


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Now, however, Saint-Gobain is revealing some of the fi ndings of its original, but ongoing retrofi t simulation of a hard-to-treat Victorian end terrace on the Salford site – eHome 1. Demonstrating realistic, repeatable retrofi t measures including membranes, underfl oor heating and insulation, was the founding focus of the Energy House project, demonstrating the overall importance of tackling retrofi t as acknowledged by academia and industry.


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Comprehensive results of performance in various weather conditions, including likely costs of installation and construction of different options are hard to fi nd, but Salford has produced results with boiler manufacturer Nesta showing “massive” potential energy savings by running a boiler at a slightly lower fl ow temperature. Hopefully the learnings are being disseminated clearly to industry, ‘behind the scenes.’


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