50 INDUSTRY VIEWFINDER: BUILDING REGULATIONS (PART F AND PART L)


reality  with only  epecting it to be etremely hard, but an increased  uite hard and  little, and a lower  epecting to see no difference. imilarly, when asked how hard these respondents believe it will be to measure their carbon reductions across the whole site, a uarter  said etremely,  uite,  a little, and  no different.


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When considering how hard it will be, or has been, to measure their carbon reductions across the whole site, John, Sam, and Lee expected signifi cant challenges. “Measuring carbon footprint is a long, enduring process that


is resource hungry,” says Lee Harris of Springbourne Homes. “Organisations that have larger resources will adapt and evolve – SMEs will have to learn quickly with less resources and are likely to make more mistakes.” While Sam Smart of Stonewood Partnerships has already


started to measure carbon reduction across their sites, he notes it “appears to be manageable but at a cost and a drain on our resource.”


John Dally of Hayfi eld Homes adds that it will be especially diffi cult for those “building more than just houses.”


REMAINING BARRIERS


s well as understanding and engagement, there were a variety of other barriers listed by our respondents in adopting the interim standards. nsurprisingly, when asked what the biggest barriers to meeting the changes were epected to be, increased construction costs came front and centre  listed by  of our respondents. rilling into these costs, almost all our respondents epected


What do you believe is the best benefi t the changes will bring about?


to see some increase  with ust  epecting no increase at all,  under k a unit,  k,  k,  k,  k, and  over k, an average estimation of k. espite this, as indicated earlier,  epect to be able to price this into the home  indicating further house price growth is incoming. ollowing costs, the barriers listed, in descending order, were a lack of skilled workers , a lack of eperience with low carbon technologies , a lack of homeowner education awareness , a lack of fi nancial incentives for builders , having to measure carbon reductions across the whole site , having to change suppliers , an inability to price construction costs in to the fi nished product  and a slowed pace of building .


INDUSTRY VIEW


When it came to the costs they expected to incur, John, Sam, and Lee had varying estimations. John Dally of Hayfi eld Homes, for instance, expected the


fi rm’s building costs to increase by £1-5k per unit with the interim changes, and does not believe that they will be able to price this into the cost of the home. Sam Smart of Stonewood Partnerships, on the other hand,


expects “no increase at all” in their building costs. With the company already building to higher standards such as Passivhaus, there will be “no impact” on its cost base. Finally, Lee Harris believes the interim charges will increase


Springbourne Homes’ building costs by £10-20k. “New tech is more expensive to make, the R&D is yet to be


recovered, it takes longer to make, assemble and install – the compound cost increase is diffi cult to measure accurately,” he says. “However, change is necessary and the customer will have to carry the increase in cost.”


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