Sustainability Standards in New Homes

A project bringing together local government and the housebuilding industry to encourage consistency and ambition on sustainability standards in new homes.

Climate Change Mitigation Health, Wellbeing and Social Value Nature Biodiversity and Environmental Net Gain Learning Resource

Eco friendly house - decarbonising UK homes

UKGBC, in association with Core Cities UK, has produced a resource pack that is designed to help enable local authorities (LAs) drive up the sustainability of new homes. It is a ‘live’ resource, to be used and adapted to support officers with responsibility for sustainability, planning, regeneration, housing etc.

The core content is a ‘Policy Playbook’ which focuses on energy & carbon, mitigating overheating risk, and the cross-cutting issue of assuring performance. There is also a section on viability and a set of case studies.

This project is part of the Cities Programme.

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Bitesize Learning

UKGBC's Bitesize Learning is a growing suite of introductory-level sustainability resources designed to build knowledge and confidence across industry on key sustainability topics.

Climate Change Adaptation Climate Change Mitigation Learning Resource

Scaling Sustainable Solutions for the Built Environment: Barriers & Enablers

This report identifies the barriers preventing sustainable solutions from moving beyond pilots and sets out practical enablers that industry can implement now.

Climate Change Adaptation Climate Change Mitigation Technical Report