20 THE CLIMATE CHALLENGE
The real-world ramifications of putting building fabric first
HOUSEBUILDERS ARE UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE TO CONSIDER THE LONG TERM ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF ALL BUILDINGS FROM THE EARLIEST STAGE OF THE DESIGN PROCESS – CIARAN MCALISKEY, KEYSTONE LINTELS
Ciaran McAliskey of Keystone Lintels argues the case for taking a fabric first approach to meeting the Future Homes Standard, in order to set housebuilders on the best path to hitting net zero carbon.
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aced with the UK’s ambitious commitment to bring carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 and the resulting stricter Building Regulations, housebuilders are under increasing pressure to consider the long term energy efficiency of all buildings from the earliest stage of the design process. From 2025, all new housing will be expected to produce much lower carbon emissions compared to current standards under the Future Homes Standard, and will therefore require low carbon heating technologies. To meet these targets, taking a fabric first approach within A will be essential to comply with the new art regulations, and is a critical first step to reaching the
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performance levels required to future- proof UK homes.
The Government is committed to bringing in the Future Homes Standard (FHS) in 2025, which will see a new build house have 75% lower CO2
emissions
than one built to today’s standards. This will be achieved by having very high standards of energy efficiency and low carbon heating (i.e. heat pumps). The art updates that came into force on 15 June 2022 are an important stepping stone to the FHS and will mean carbon emissions from new homes will need to be 31% lower than at present. To put things into context, the previous art uplift in 2013 was 6%. Therefore, this interim 31% uplift will require some fairly significant
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