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<p>The Government has committed to introduce a Future Homes Standard by 2025. This
means new homes will be future proofed, with low carbon heating and lower energy use
through high levels of energy efficiency. We propose that new homes built to the Future
Homes Standard from 2025 should have carbon dioxide emissions up to 80 per cent lower
than those built to current building regulations standards.</p><p>We are currently
consulting on a meaningful and achievable increase to the energy efficiency standards
for new homes to be introduced through the Building Regulations in 2020, as a stepping
stone to this commitment. The preferred option is to set a standard that should result
in a 31 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions. The consultation is open until 7 February
and we welcome further evidence.</p><ul><li>Our consultation includes estimates as
described above, and also includes a ‘roadmap’ that provides an indicative vision
of how the 2025 standards will be achieved. We will undertake further modelling and
analysis as we prepare the detail of the changes that will be needed in 2025.</li><li>We
are consulting on proposed minimum standards for carbon dioxide emissions, primary
energy use, and building fabric. We will issue a response to the consultation later
this year after analysing responses received.</li><li>Requiring householders to disclose
the energy use of their homes once occupied sits outside the scope of the Building
Regulations and its enforcement regime. We have not proposed a post-occupancy monitoring
system as part of the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>To consider embodied
carbon at a building-level would require a standardised method of calculation supported
by a robust evidence base and underpinned by widely adopted product standards. There
is currently no widely agreed standardised method for certifying the embodied carbon
of building products, so it was not included the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>The
Future Homes Standard consultation is considering local planning authority powers
in respect of energy efficiency. We will issue a response to the consultation later
this year after analysing responses received.</li></ul>
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